More important than the result of the vote are the suggestions fielded by MPs who, often in defiance of their personal view, have faced the referendum result with a frankness and deliberate consideration in the face of great uncertainty.

Some MPs, like Conservative Nigel Huddleston, were forward-looking and prepared to make the best of Brexit. He reminded colleagues that Brexit Britain will be a little different, but it won't be a wasteland.

Others were more interested in wasting time with logistically preposterous suggestions, like Seema Malhotra, who would have us set up a National Convention of MPs, MEPs, universities and schools to be consulted during the negotiation process.

Ms Malhotra may have been a Remainer, but that doesn't mean she has to try to subvert the result. Mr Huddelston was one of the many Tories to back Remain, yet he and fellow Europhiles were able to play a constructive part in the debate.