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Originally Posted by Big Brian
In what way is it not legally binding? True Parliament didn't have to act on it but they are. Whomever is Prime Minister has said so. The vote was a legal vote so the result stands whether or not Parliament act on it.
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The fact that Parliament are likely to act on the vote does not mean the result of the vote is legally binding. They can just as easily ignore it. From what I read, unless specified otherwise in the act where they are defined, Referendums are purely advisory in our country.
OK, so it is likely that we will leave the EU, but bear in mind that any Prime Minister would need to get MPs to agree to a lot of different things including invoking Article 50. In a house where even though the government has a good majority, it's believed most MPs voted to remain. OK, so they will (hopefully) be looking at what their constituents want, but nationally, this was not a landslide, so they may not be convinced.