Don't functioning democracies need a fair and balanced press and an educated and rational electorate? How are people supposed to make an informed vote on the EU? I think the referendum has been extremely damaging to the UK and will sow divisions for years to come, no matter what the turnout. If democracy is the power to choose, well what's really the point of that if the electorate is unable to make rational, fact based decisions?

As someone who is obviously interested in the political process, are you not concerned that a great deal of the Brexit campaign isn't about economics, history or the complex workings of trade agreements and power, but simply a lot of deep anti-immigration sentiment whipped up by a very conservative and divisive print media, who blame the EU and immigration for the fallout of what is actually the fault of an economic doctrine that even the IMF says is creating stagnation and destructive inequality?

Some commentators here openly admit they don't care what qualified people have to say, and would rather reduce the entire argument down, complex though it is, to some sort sort of binary choice, based on sentiments rather than facts. It seems a strange concept of democracy if a great majority of the electorate rely on soundbites and heavily biased reporting from a media whose editorial stance is dictated by less than six individuals - none of which seem to like the electorate much and don't pay any tax either.