The trouble with this is that it is assumed that this time the 'Remains' will win but they're not thinking about what happens if they don't, nor are they listening to those who voted to leave.

This referendum should never have taken place as it was always going to cause such horrendous division.

The real issue that was so abysmally missed was that so many people (and not just in the UK) wanted EU reform but the 'founding' members, the power block at the top, have consistently refused to listen.

And if anything, from this result we are seeing just how much those (words fail me) blobs who are controlling everything are changing things and making them up as they go along.

Those who voted to remain really need to vent their anger in the right direction and and at those who are really responsible for this debacle.

During the run-up to the referendum, one of the threats that was repeatedly trotted out was that if we voted to leave, we could not just leave 'like that' and that it would take at least two years, maybe even as much as five years for us to finally leave.

Now, at that point, no-one bothered to go "Excuse us, but that's not what was agreed in Article 50, so please don't go making up lies as threats".

And now, the (in)famous five are saying they want us out as soon as possible even to the point of telling Dave not to bother putting the formal notification in writing!  They are, in effect, just bulldozing through the legal processes for their own ends and to circumvent the legitimate process.

This page shows the process (scroll down)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-eu-referendum-36420148

There is a formal legal process for withdrawing from the EU - enshrined in Article 50 of the 2009 Lisbon Treaty - although it has never been invoked before.

Mr Cameron has said it should be up to his successor to decide when to activate Article 50 by notifying the European Council. Once this happens, the UK is cut out of EU decision-making at the highest level and there will be no way back unless by unanimous consent from all other member states.

Quitting the EU is not an automatic process - it has to be negotiated with the remaining 27 members and ultimately approved by them by qualified majority. These negotiations are meant to be completed within two years although many believe it will take much longer. The European Parliament has a veto over any new agreement formalising the relationship between the UK and the EU.

So, at this point, we have not formally said we are leaving and I don't know that the EU can kick us out either.