WE WENT to the polls and, for better or worse, the decision was taken by a majority of around 1.3 million people to instruct our government to begin withdrawing from the EU.

In a true democracy both sides would simply accept the result and the government of the day would get on with the job!

That we have had all kinds of dissent from the losing, pro-EU side, shows not simply that they are a group who have no respect for democracy, but reveal one of the main reasons why the EU, itself a very anti-democratic body, is a failure.

Several recent letter writers to your paper say they want to “change the rules”, re-run the referendum until they get a result more in their favour (a typical EU ploy) and many other things.

It was made clear by the Prime Minister that it would be a simple in or out referendum with a binding result. He should now honour that pledge and trigger Article 50 before the end of the month. Or does Mr Cameron, and by implication the Tory party, not believe in the democratic process either?

GREG HEATHCLIFFE, Okus Road, Swindon