> This vote is an instruction from the electorate Since sovereignty is often put forward as a reason to leave the EU do you not see the irony in that statement

> This vote is an instruction from the electorate Since sovereignty is often put forward as a reason to leave the EU do you not see the irony in that statement? It was an 'advisory referendum' according to the act of parliament that instituted it. Referendums cannot be binding on parliament in the UK, or parliament would not be sovereign any more! > When the Scottish independence referendum of 2014 happened, they accepted the result to remain and that was that. Well no they didn't. 'They', meaning the people of Scotland I presume, elected the Scottish National Party to 56 of the 59 seats available to Scottish MPs in the election 2 years later. The SNP actively campaign to leave the UK. Democracy is not an event, it is a process.