I am all for respectful discussion and disagreement Muddy Retriever!!

When the discussion resorts to insults and ridicule the offending party has already lost and there is nothing more to discuss, it's a waste of time and I won't lower myself to that level, I've done it before and it never ends well, this is why I left this discussion earlier.

Questions and challenges in the manner you raised them are 100% welcome and good - thank you

I understand perfectly that the vote was to leave and that many people see the only way democracy can be honoured is to fulfil that objective and leave - as the people asked for.

Unfortunately, I challenge the very premise on which this result was achieved, it was based on lies and misrepresentation. Now the truth, or at least something more akin to the truth, is more readily accessible, I feel that if the public were asked again the result would be quite different.

I firmly believe that democracy was not honoured in the referendum in the first place, everything that has happened since is all based on a false premise.

I am more than happy for us to respectfully disagree - that's okay - good even