Just going back to this:

"We will have to agree to disagree over this, Steve. I don't believe a second referendum will do anything but divide the country still further and give Farage and his ilk more ammunition."

I wasn't arguing in favour of a second referendum. It isn't going to happen so I'm not going to take any sort of stand on it. I'm saying that there would be nothiing undemocratic about holding one. A huge amount has changed since last June's vote. And I think there's a danger in running scared of referendums/elections..