The majority of Britons are in favor of rejoining the European Union’s single market, even if that would mean reinstating the free settlement of European workers in their own country, according to a poll released today. The operative restriction of immigration was one of the main reasons why the British voted to leave the European Union in 2016.
In recent months polls have shown that most people now believe that the Brexit was wrong. Today’s poll comes to light a week after official figures showed that net migration to the UK broke all records last year, more than double that of 2015, the year before the Brexit referendum. The poll shows that almost six in ten (57%) Britons support joining the single market. Only one in five disagree.
Among voters who had backed Brexit and now said they would vote Labor if an election were held tomorrow, 53% said they were in favor of joining the single market and 31% against. Of those who voted for Brexit and intend to vote Conservative in the election, only 29% favor a return to the single market and 54% disagree.
Labour, leading by a margin in the polls ahead of the general election, has promised to try to improve the UK’s trade relationship with EU. Their leader, Keir Starmer, has however stated that he does not wish to return to the single market.
Generally, 72% of Britons want their country to have closer ties with the EU and this is agreed by the majority of both Leave and Remain voters in the 2016 referendum. The poll was conducted on a sample of 2,138 people, YouGov reported.
Source: News Beast
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