BREXIT

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people did ask for it in the 2015 general election by giving 4 million votes (12.6 per cent of those cast)to UKIP

But that's missing the point. 87.4% obviously thought there were more important things to worry about. The fact is that the (Tory) government tabled the motion for a referendum. They did this to resolve the split in their own party once and for all. As we can see today, it has widened the split instead.