>>The "will of the people" won over the will of the ruling structure. Most politicians and the main parties (especially before the opportunists jumped in) were

>>The "will of the people" won over the will of the ruling structure. Most politicians and the main parties (especially before the opportunists jumped in) were against leaving. So was the financial sector and most big businesses. If you want to do X, just because people you hate don't like to do X is really a very wrong way to be making decisions about anything. In general this sort of behaviour doesn't lead to a good ending.