Changing one’s mind after opting to leave a spouse – or the EU | Letters

Jonathan Steele is right to dismiss the assumption that the referendum result is beyond question (The leave vote isn’t sacrosanct. There are ways to reverse it, 24 January). The time between the referendum and the UK leaving the EU will be comparable to the normal length of a parliament, and we do not assume that the vote in one election binds us in the next one.In virtually every other human transaction second thoughts are allowed for. Even when we make seemingly irreversible marriag