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There was no real way to define what "Leave" means: clearly it means ceasing to be a member of the European Union, and the only means provided for that is Article 50, but beyond that the UK does not have the power to decide unilaterally what "Leave" means (as it requires coming to an agreement with the Council of Europe), and therefore any referendum in the UK could not decide what "Leave" means.

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Begging the question: What exactly does "ceasing to be a member of the European Union" mean?

What I mean is, there was a whole sales pitch during the campaign about what it might mean (e.g. more money for the NHS) which we all found out subsequently to be tosh.

Now we have: "Free trade but not free travel" or something to that effect. Never was such detail ever discussed prior to the referendum.

Downvoted clearly because somebody thinks I misused btq. Read again parent poster clearly assumes the premise.

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