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.
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.