BREXIT

[fazersharp]

People were not screaming out for a referendum on the EU.  You are right to suggest it was given to us, as indeed it was.
However, one would expect to ask for a referendum, as opposed to be given something that was never requested.

People did ask for it in the 2015 general election by giving 4 million votes (12.6 per cent of those cast)to UKIP  Its so boring to keep repeating the "it was all about the Tories" line. It wasn't, people have been - as you say yourself "moaning over their beer" for years and 7 out of 10 labour held areas also voted to leave the eu