Quote Originally Posted by Mike T View Post
Well why have MPs at all? Because they do have access to expertise, they are accountable, and their decisions are scrutinised by the upper house, as much as I dislike the fact that it is non-elected.

It is important to remember that 62.5% of people did not vote for Brexit, and that with natural wastage, within a very short period of time, remainers will outnumber leavers.
We have MP's because we have a representative democracy and generally this works reasonably well. But it works less well on constitutional matters that cut across party lines. No mainstream party has advocated leaving the EU in the last few decades so unless you wanted to vote for UKIP (which I didn't) then you were disenfranchised on the issue. Parliament voted by 6 to 1 to give the vote to the people, and they gave their verdict.

As for your 62.5% statistic, you can just as easily say 65.5% did not vote to stay in the EU.