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You were only supposed to blow the bl*%dy doors off!

In David Cameron's attempt to keep his divided Conservative Party together and to cling on to power he ignored the advice of others and promised a referendum.  In his arrogance, he assumed that people would think like him and those around them and simply vote to keep the status quo.  Unfortunately, he realised too late that he was clueless and that he was about to lose possibly the most significant public vote in decades.  It quickly became apparent that there was a large contingent of the public who simply did not see any benefits to the EU, from all political persuasions and nothing was going to convince them otherwise especially when the fiendishly clever 'Leave' campaign played on the fears of those who had been left behind in the economic race.  The lack of planning for a negative result and no clear idea of what it would mean to leave meant that when the narrow result was announced would mean that there was no clear mandate and no level of support.  Different groups