It is very easy to appreciate why those who agree with vote are opposed to a further vote. That would have applied whichever way the vote went. In both cases that would have been a political decision, and I imagine it might have been claimed that a further vote would be a rejection of democracy.

And in both cases that claim would have been unsustainable. An essential aspect of democracy is the principle that people have a right to change their minds.

And could I urge anybody posting in his thread to cut out the insults.