The whole point of elections is that the wishes of the minority bloc of voters can be "disregarded." That's how it works. I just gave you a little list of the kinds of things that governments do, or don't do, which probably go against the wishes of the majority. When's the last time you "wished" that the tax on petrol, or your council tax, would go up? We elect governments to run the country in the general interest, not kowtow to the whims of the populace which would often be predicated on self-interest or prejudice. In the case of the referendum the wishes of sixteen million voters have been "disregarded." And false equivalence indeed, Keith. The decision to hold the referendum was a dereliction of the duties of an elected parliament. It was a terrible decision which effectively held hundreds of MPs hostage. Had they voted against they'd have been toast. It put the future of the country in the hands of an uninformed electorate. And the disgraceful referendum campaign did nothing to inform them. The opposite, in fact. Brainless slogans aimed at the feeble-minded and gullible ruled the roost.