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Attempts to overturn Brexit are misguided
If Remainers somehow manage to reverse the referendum result, they will have destroyed many Leave voters’ faith in democracy forever, argues CHELLEY RYAN
CLASS INTERESTS: Labour’s Chuka Umunna (left) and pro-EU campaigner, millioneress Gina Miller at the launch of their Brexit ‘Facts Bus’ in London, before its national 8-day tour

WHEN people cast a vote in an election or referendum, they don’t just vote with their heads. They vote just as much with their emotions.

But some Remainers are clearly choosing to ignore this fundamental truth in their desperate bid to overturn Brexit.

It’s as if 17.5 million people are just a minor inconvenience, to be swept under the political rug like dirt.

When people have lost faith in the status quo, they are willing to take risks. They are willing to throw all the cards in the air to see where they land

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