A social research organisation called NatCen has published the result of some detailed polling about voters attitude to the EU after the brexit vote. It makes fascinating reading (HERE).
The headline is that most voters want to remain in the single market, including 90% of those who voted to leave compared to 94% of remainers. However, at the same time as many as seven in ten (70%) think the UK should be able to limit the number of people from the EU who come here to live and work. Indeed, almost three-quarters (74%) believe that potential EU migrants should have to apply to come here in the same way non-EU migrants have to do.
Professor John Curtice, Senior Research Fellow at NatCen, said, “Irrespective of how they voted, voters in Britain do not feel that the UK’s exit from the EU should necessarily be a choice between a ‘hard’ or a ‘soft’ withdrawal. Rather, many back options on both menus. Consequently, the kind of deal that is most likely to prove electorally popular is one that maintains free trade but permits at least some limits on EU migration.
“That, of course, is the deal that many in the EU insist will not be possible. In those circumstances, the UK government will be faced with a tough choice. But given that most Leave voters – and, indeed, a majority of Conservative voters – prioritise limits on immigration over keeping free trade, perhaps we should not be surprised if that would be the choice that, if necessary, it will be inclined to make.”
I think this is all down to politicians like BoJo who have allowed people to believe they can have their cake and eat it. What will happen when reality intrudes?
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