Quote Originally Posted by Exiletyke View Post
I think you may be overlooking the fact that parliament overwhelmingly voted to trigger Article 50 which sort of trumps any previous considerations thus legitimising the referendum by putting the kaibosh on "consultative"
No, it's completely irrelevant to the question of whether the referendum was advisory or not, it just highlights that what happens in our country is decided by laws passed by parliament (already and in the future), not directly by the outcome of the referendum.