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We have an independent judiciary and (unlike the US) civil servants who are required to be politically impartial and serve the Government of the day, whatever its political hue, and the hysterical finger-wagers should not lose sight of this, particularly those who were Googling "What is the EU?" prior to the referendum. This calls to mind Robert Bolt's "A Man for all Seasons" and the dialogue between Sir Thomas More and William Roper:

William Roper: So, now you give the Devil the benefit of law!

Sir Thomas More: Yes! What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil?

William Roper: Yes, I'd cut down every law in England to do that!

Sir Thomas More: Oh? And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned 'round on you, where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? This country is planted thick with laws, from coast to coast, Man's laws, not God's! And if you cut them down, and you're just the man to do it, do you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then? Yes, I'd give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake!