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The referendum is not legally binding on the government.
There is a school of thought that says that the government would have to get a bill though parliament to instigate the use of article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty.
Jack of Kent wrote something about it in his FT blog (and swore never to do so again) which I suspect is good, but is paywalled, so I've not bothered to chase it up.
MrDrem
Right. So.
This referendum.
Is there a legal requirement to follow it?
Is there a legal requirement to initiate the divorce proceedings ASAP? Or is it a case of "let's start negotiations, if they're not favourable we're not doing it"?
Or is it really, as Leave say, a case of: "you've made your decision, we're leaving!"
Because I don't see the cunts on the Leave side having the power to do that.