BWM,
Keith, Akenaton - read THIS, in particular the second and third sentences. The English used is simple enough for even you to understand.
When you've read it, shut up and go away.

No. Although it says that the government is not required to abide by the vote, the government did assure us that it would.
It did that in an official document and had it delivered, at public expense, to every home in the country.

That was my whole case, and it is correct.