[bayesian_horse]

Of course the referendum was flawed. The Leave campaign was lying and there was foreign influence. And the question on the ballot was the wrong one.

Most leave-voters don't and didn't want the no-deal total chaos they are getting now.

There is no absolute "duty" to implement any referendum. If the referendum had any other outcome, wouldn't the Leave campaign have lied, bullied and cheated their way to another referendum a few years later?

It's not democratic to ram through your political agenda on the back of a referendum a few years ago, against what the voters want. It's even less democratic to fail to even ask what the voters want now.

[enriquto]

both sides lied and both sides relied heavily on foreign influence

I agree, of course, that the handling of the issue by May was a disaster, and Johnson is even worse