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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 ...
Of the 1,136 people polled, in conjunction with French research agency BVA in January 2013, 48% said they would rather the UK remained inside the EU. [ 63 ] Germany – A study carried out by Internationale Politik in January 2013 found 64% of Germans favoured the UK remaining inside the EU – with 36% saying they favoured an exit.
Brexit Secretary David Davis and Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson resign. [9] 8–9 Jul 2018 42% 46%: 12% 4% 1,669 YouGov: Online 6 Jul 2018: The UK Cabinet agrees the Chequers statement, setting out a proposal on the future UK–EU relationship. [10] 3–4 Jul 2018 41% 46%: 13% 5% 1,641 YouGov: Online 25–26 Jun 2018 43% 46%: 11% 3% 1,645 ...
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.
On 23 May, leading Brexit campaigner Andrea Leadsom repeatedly cited a "£10 billion independence dividend", which was her estimate of Britain's net contribution to the EU when taking into account the rebate as well as EU funding to the UK, on Newsnight. Other key people in the Vote Leave campaign began to use this figure instead. [12]
On 5 September 2017, a number of Conservative MPs backed MP Peter Bone's June Bank Holiday (Creation) Bill in the House of Commons, for the Brexit referendum date to be a UK-wide public holiday. [ 265 ] [ 255 ] [ 266 ] The bill proposes that "June 23 or the subsequent weekday when June 23 falls at a weekend" should serve as a national holiday.
The Conservative MEP (Member of the European Parliament) representing South East England, Daniel Hannan, predicted on the BBC program Newsnight that the level of immigration would remain high after Brexit. [44] “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 ...
Brexit (/ ˈ b r ɛ k s ɪ t, ˈ b r ɛ ɡ z ɪ t /, [1] a portmanteau of "British exit") was the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union. Following a referendum held in the UK on 23 June 2016, Brexit officially took place at 23:00 GMT on 31 January 2020 (00:00 1 February 2020 CET).