In the 70's, I voted in a referendum to join a Common Market. I did not vote in a referendum to be ruled other than by my own, elected, government, no matter how useless that may be. There has never been a vote to opt to be governed by foreigners, apart from the latest leave/remain referendum, when a majority decided that they had had enough of foreign interference in British affairs. We will be able, hopefully, to get our fishing rights back. We will be able to stop undesirables from entering our Country. We will, again, be able to govern ourselves. I may be stupid in wanting all this, but I am happy to be stupid in a free Country unchained from foreign bureaucracy. Those civil servants, in Whitehall, do draw up contingencies, based on government policy, they do not decide what it is. They do advise and the respective ministers either take that advice or not. Brussels just orders things to be done. I must say that I do feel sorry for those elected MEPs and unelected Commissioners who will have to leave the gravy train, when we eventually leave.