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I admit to not having followed this as closely as I probably should have. But I do have one noob question about it.
What was the first Brexit referendum? The UK voted to Brexit. And, ever since then, Parliament has been trying to pass a law to make it happen. So what was the vote if it wasn't the law?
Here, if there is a referendum on the ballot, you tend to vote for a specific law to pass. You levy a .5 cent tax on soda in the county and the money goes to purchasing new textbooks for the public schools. The bit on the ballot may be a short summary, but if you look for it, somewhere you can find the actual language that you are voting to pass into law.
We don't vote for something like "There shall be improvements to the public schools" and then have the legislature and the school boards fight over how to make that happen.
So what was, exactly, the Brexit vote?
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