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6. Yes, let's have a second referendum......................

The answer to those who insist on holding a second referendum is simple:

yes - of course, there should be a second referendum..............IN 2056!!!!  That is 40 years on from the last one - because that is how long those of us who wanted to leave the EU were forced to wait before being finally allowed to have our say in 2016.

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