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Brexit has inspired many creative works, such as murals, sculptures, novels, plays, movies and video games. The response of British artists and writers to Brexit has in general been negative, reflecting a reported overwhelming percentage of people involved in Britain's creative industries voting against leaving the European Union. [ 352 ]
In 2021, for the fifth anniversary of the UK's EU membership referendum, Euronews commissioned an opinion poll conducted by Redfield & Wilton Strategies of attitudes to the European Union and Brexit in the EU's four largest countries. Redfield & Wilton polled 1,500 people in each member-state between the 6th and 7th of June 2021.
Church of Scotland - Rev Dr Richard Frazer, the Convener of the Church and Society Council, stated that "the Church of Scotland has spoken out consistently over the last 20 years in favour of our continued membership to the European Union – but it [Brexit] is the democratic decision of people living in the UK and we must honour that." [127]
The poll also revealed that most people believe Brexit has added to the UK’s mounting food-supply crisis, ... The past years have seen an increase in regret over Brexit, amid the deluge of data ...
The Conservative MEP (Member of the European Parliament) representing South East England, Daniel Hannan, predicted on the BBC programme Newsnight that the level of immigration would remain high after Brexit. [264] "Frankly, if people watching think that they have voted and there is now going to be zero immigration from the EU, they are going to ...
It passed 4.5 million signatures on 23 March [13] – the day that an estimated one million people [13] protested in favour of a "People's Vote" in London – becoming the most-signed UK Parliament online petition, surpassing the previous record of 4,150,262 signatures. [14]
On 27 June 2016, Kingston University professor Steve Keen argued that after Britain left the EU, the EU would not set high tariffs on Britain, pointing out that the average tariff rate between the EU and the United States was just a 2% for many products (e.g. laptops), and that therefore after Brexit if Britain faced the same trade conditions ...
Landlords, doctors, employers and others have come under a strict legal obligation to check people's documentation". In Brexit context 'up to 90,000 people may be left outside the system' and 'face the impact of the hostile environment': losing the right to work, access to medical care or stay in their home, or potentially put in a detention ...