It's a democracy. The entire house of commons are there by the "people's will" too are they not? Their entire job as professional political representatives is t

It's a democracy. The entire house of commons are there by the "people's will" too are they not? Their entire job as professional political representatives is to more carefully weigh decisions based on what they think is best for their constituents and their nation. Why should a single non-binding non-mandatory simple majority referendum with plenty of lies slung around and dark money override democracy in your mind? They should have responded in such ways as 1: "Thank you for your interest we will take the result under advisement and form a committee to study the matter" and then shit can it. If "the people" cared enough they'd make it an election issue. 2. "We have come up with three proposals for how to respond. There will be another referendum, this time binding, with ranked choice (or whatever) to decide which specific path to take, with status quo as option 4. At least 60% of at least a 60% turnout is necessary to pick one, otherwise we stick with the status quo." Then run that. Or many other choices. But make no mistake there were LOTS of options beyond the extreme one picked.