I regard the debate in Parliament as idiocy of the first order. The referendum when first mooted should have been given a clear legal status by a parliamentary debate and and ensuing vote. That those that supposedly know better than the rest of us made such a monumental cockup says little for the calibre of out politicians and civil service. That the ensuing fiasco was not envisaged by all those "mighty brains" does little to inspire confidence in any of them.