"Legitimacy" is a fundamental idea our political system (in most of the world) is based on. I think it is underestimated how fragile this legitimacy is (or the

"Legitimacy" is a fundamental idea our political system (in most of the world) is based on. I think it is underestimated how fragile this legitimacy is (or the meta-idea that a government must have legitimacy). If the political class continues to ignore the wishes of the people, the people will stop giving them legitimacy - and do what ever the fck they please to put it bluntly. We are not facing a revolution - the extreme scenario is rather a failed state, or a "area of reduced governance". The light scenario is a massive power gain for populist parties. Note, I'm very much pro-EU and anti-Brexit. But I believe it would be madness to ignore the referendum. The most pragmatic solution would be one that let's everybody keep their face. Find a solution that de facto leaves the status quo unchanged, but de jure let's Britain leave. Maybe formalize the special statuses Switzerland and Norway have, and give Britain an associate status. Or let Britain leave and change the statutes to allow England, Wales, Ireland, Scotland to become individual members. Or or or... I'll leave it to the EU bureaucrats to figure out.