I'm not entirely sure who is going to be crying the loudest in the months to come. The outcome of the referendum shows that 52% of the voting population feels that Britain should exit the EU. Fair enough, I still think it's a massive error that's going to have terrible consequences for the economy, but the people have spoken.
The fly in the ointment, of course, is that the referendum result is not binding on anyone. In the UK, Parliament is sovereign, and by far the biggest challenges will be to get the MPs to vote through the necessary legislation and to find a government that is willing and able to both negotiate an exit on terms which are not too onerous, whilst at the same time coping with the inevitable economic downturn and social upheaval that is to come. A poisoned chalice indeed.
The electorate may well find that when it comes to finding someone to do the necessary to meet their expectations, that no-one steps forward - or of those that do, none have sufficient widespread support to give their attempt legitimacy. As far as I can see it's only UKIP and the ultra Left parts of the Labour Party that genuinely want Brexit, and neither of them appear to have sufficient economic credibility in the eyes of the electorate to attract sufficient votes to get them into power.
This whole debacle has years to run yet, and it ain't going to be pretty. I wouldn't be at all surprised if it all gets bogged down and ends up being put on the 'too hard' pile.
