If the politicians sought to mislead Gnome then they shouldn't be trusted to do anything. Just the fact that our "professional politicians" (i.e. professional in as much as they have never held down a real job in their lives) were largely for staying in the EU was a good enough indication that the right course of action was to Leave. Especially as the only reason the "professional politicians" wanted to remain was so that they would have access to a far better gravy-train to wedge their snouts in to round off their glorious careers - The Kinnocks are a prime example.