Re: Vogon
17.5m v 16m is not exactly a majority anyone should be celebrating. I'm thinking of the other C word.
Compromising.
Giving the losers what they want at the expense of the winners isn't a compromise, and it isn't democracy. Sorry, it just isn't.
Brexit won't go away, new referendum, stay in by other devious means, whatever. It won't go away - next time there'll just be an in or out today no deal ultra hard brexit option, to prevent remainers trying to steal it after the fact.
There's no version of the future where the UK stays in Europe or even close to it, without substantial reform of the rEU. You can't unite a country by ignoring democracy, whether you agree with the result or not.