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Letters: What would be the point of a second referendum?

2 November 2019

9:00 AM

2 November 2019

9:00 AM

Another referendum?

Sir: Matthew Parris’s article ‘What question should a second referendum ask?’ (26 October) occasioned a wry smile from me this morning. His first question — whether Britain should remain in or leave the European Union — has already been asked and answered, at great expense and trouble, in 2016. The only logical reason why it should be re-asked is if the first time it was asked was illegitimate in some way.

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