Wouldn't the whole point of launching such a legal appeal be that the person more than likely disagrees with the referendum result? You make it sound like a person disagreeing with the referendum result and going against "the will of the people" is something outrageous, but she doesn't need to explain her motivations to anyone.

If the vote had been Remain, a Brexiter would be free to mount a legal appeal in the courts if they spotted a loophole and I doubt anyone would be demanding to know their motivation for doing so or insisting that they explain why they were doing it.

Pretty unpleasant on many levels.

I was referring not so much to what they can do, as we know they can realistically do as they please, I am referring to the unwritten agreement with the electorate who accept even governments they detest because they are seen as being of the people. It rarely breaks down with possibly the poll tax being one of the dangerous times. The EU has the possibility to be as bad if not worse because parliament has allowed the will of the electorate to be accurately measured.

Well so far not according to a legal judgement although if parliament approved that seems to be all that is required.

Could you name some of the members who don't accept the result?
There are many who don't like then result, but I can't recall anyone saying they don't accept it.

On the contrary, it seems there are many leavers who don't understand that leaving has to be done lawfully, i.e. properly, and get upset when people ask how it's going to be done. It seems they want to put all the blame for the lack of even a strategy on the government who were against it.

Most do, I hate the result but accept it. But I want it done correctly and lawfully and to the benefit to all the British people.

The vast majority of people that voted Remain share your views, it is mostly angry Brexiteers that keep going on about anyone not accepting the result.

I guess their 15 second attention span means they can't wait for the government to organise themselves before triggering A50, so they've invented a boogy monster to blame the delay on.

I've said I don't accept the result and so have others. Why should I accept something which I am certain will be hugely damaging and backward.

Apart from the pound falling and inflation rising what is happening?

In a democracy, you are perfectly free to disagree with a referendum result and say that you think the decision was the wrong one, particularly in the case of a very close result. Saying that disagreeing with the result is "defying the will of the people" or "undemocratic" would be a spurious claim to make.

And the result was described by Farage as "unfinished business"

Apologies, my mistake.


You may be right.


Because they'd know.


Sorry, no unpleasantness was meant. I'm curious as to why you think my post was more unpleasant than others, though? The one from nice guy talking about Brexiters' 15 second attention span, for example.


Proves my point. Other posters seem to not accept the result; Aurichie is another one.

Read the post I replied to if you want some context. Why on Earth should I respond to your random questions on something completely off topic?

But the point is that apart from the pound falling and inflation rising not much else concrete is actually happening.

I do not think for one minute he meant other than through the democratic process.

Which can include challenging the government in the courts.

The point is that he didn't that 52-48 was satisfactorily accurately measuring the will of the people.

Who said it was?

You said we should look at what is actually happening instead of what is in the media. So, what would we see?

Someone else has already mentioned that Johnson didn't stand. I agree about Cameron; he only offered the referendum because he was running scared and held everyone in contempt by caving in then running away as fast as he could even though he had assured everyone he would stay and see things out. Absolute coward! Farage not being an MP is irrelevant. As soon as a situation occurred where he might have to explain and possibly even have some input into how leaving the EU would work he 'resigned'. We all know from his record in the EU that he doesn't like doing any real work and his actions post referendum have only proved this.

Gove and Leadsom did indeed stand, Leadsom of course realised she was useless and soon opted for the easy life while Gove showed himself as someone that no one can trust regardless of your views on the EU. Quite a repellent little man. Back to Johnson and of course it became even more clear that he was just saying whatever would benefit himself not what was best for the country (and that would have stood regardless of the side he publicly declared for)

I said one particular poster should. It wasn't addressed to anyone else. He misrepresented events after the vote. If you'd just read the post, as I advised, you wouldn't be so confused now.

Such legal appeals against referendum results are quite commonplace in Ireland. A private citizen might spot some legal technicality or loophole in the wording of the referendum and decide to appeal it to the High Court - it's their absolute democratic right to do so and nobody usually even questions why they are doing it.

Maybe you are right. I merely said that it wasn't the leavers who ran away - it was the remainer (Cameron). Boris, though he didn't stand for PM is still in Government.

Farage wanted to get a referendum and win it, and he did. I suppose he now thinks his work is done (though he still talks a lot).

This is such old news now I don't know why it was brought up in the first place, and I wish I'd never responded, except it annoys me when these old untrue smears (leavers ran away) are repeated.

True but would we be leaving if David Cameron hadn't been so scared of UKIP winning Tory seats that he promised a referendum? It wasn't inevitable on any level that we a) Have a referendum, b) the result was leave. So what exactly are you blathering on about - again.

Nobody? The Irish used to be so feisty and argumentative. What's happened to them?