{I]t is important to keep two things in mind. First, it was Johnson himself who suggested, when he joined the Leave campaign in February, that a vote to depart could be used as a stick to negotiate not a full departure from the EU, but a better deal for the UK...
Second... the measure Britons just voted for ... is not legally binding on the government. No matter who the prime minister is, he or she is not required by the outcome to trigger Article 50. And, despite what senior figures in the EU and its other states might say, there is no way for them to force the UK to invoke Article 50.
But, by all means, let our elites not pass up this opportunity to wax
hysterical about
"the economy" and demonstrate their abiding
contempt for the public.