One thing we can be thankful to Brexit for …. gives a lie to the notion that complex questions can be settled by referenda.    

The push for referenda, articulated by both by Winston First and the old Colin Craig Conservative Party, was naked populism at its worst.  

You elect MPs to govern and govern they must.    Having matters decided by way of referenda is the ultimate cop out.

The forthcoming referendum on the effective decriminalisation of cannabis is a case at point.    It’s supposed to be binding so if it’s a YES vote and the MP is opposed to it on conscience grounds is he/she supposed to leave his/her conscience at the entrance to the Ayes lobby?   

I am opposed to referenda.   We have one every three years called an election and that suits me just fine.