[SteveH]

I would characterize this bickering about whether a vote is a vote, whether a referendum is a referendum, or whether “leave” means “leave” as so much passive aggressive behavior on the part of politicians and the remainer MINORITY, AS PROVEN BY REFERENDUM and agreed to hold and abide by in advance by remainers and brexiteers alike.

Brexit won, remain LOST. By 0.3%, 3%, OR 30%, is not relevant. Any other interpretation is (simply put) intellectually and morally dishonest.

(Here in the USA, I am just an observer in the bleachers.)

[Cronos]

"Leave" won and Remain lost the referendum

The stupid thing is that the stupid politicos didn't define anything:

1. Referendum in the UK have zero political influence. Constitutionally, politicians are not obliged to listen to a referendum at all. If the Leave vote was 75% and parliament ignore it, they would still be well within their constitutional rights to do so
   
2. unlike the USA, in the UK sovereignty lies with parliament, not with the people.