I am delighted at the response to the petition for a rerun of the referendum. Whether or not it is successful it has been a way to register disgust at the way some people chose to vote – people who are increasingly regretting that they only did it to protest and had assumed we would remain. If a rerun is possible, then would it be possible to extend the vote to the 16-18-year-old age-range?
I am deeply worried that my generation will go down in history as having had it all (not true but that’s another argument) and then ruined the future of the country by cutting us off from our nearest neighbours. I don’t want our young people ending up in even more despair and blaming us. Nigel Farage is on record as having said if the vote difference is only about 4% there should be a rerun, so I am sure he would be happy for the deciding vote to be from the people who will actually have to live through the consequences long-term. And if they do make the wrong decision then they also have the time to turn things back.
Carol Green
Oxford
• I wish to state in writing my disappointment with the Guardian for publishing David Lammy’s article (We need a second referendum, 26 June). I personally voted to remain during the referendum and, like many, was disappointed with the result. However, to suggest that we now overturn the result as it was not the “correct” one is unconscionable. I realise that the Guardian does not necessarily agree with the article editorially. Nonetheless, at a time where emotion is running high, I feel it is irresponsible for a traditionally leftwing, pro-democratic newspaper to lend this type of message any degree of credence.
We would rightly hold such practices in contempt if we saw them taking place elsewhere on the planet. To suggest that we now overturn our own democratic process because the result didn’t go our way is utterly unprincipled and evidently shows a degree of contempt for the 52% who voted leave on Thursday.
Sarah Thorpe
London
• The politically frustrated exit voters who voted with their hearts and not their heads have brought this great country to the brink of economic ruin. A cross-party motion should be proposed and voted upon in the house that the referendum is null and void. A snap election declared with a mandate to stay and see who wins. This ensures the UK remains in the EU, appease the Scots and Northern Irish, prevent further Spanish aggression over Gibraltar, maintain the City’s premier financial position, save our economy and bolster stability in sterling.
Martin Chapman
Thame, Oxfordshire
