Perception that Britain was proper to go away the EU falls to new low of 30%, ballot finds

5 years on, new YouGov analysis has discovered that one in six Depart voters (18%) now say that it was incorrect for Britain to decide on to go away the EU.

66% nonetheless say Britain made the proper choice. 

From YouGov: Perception that Britain was proper to vote to go away the EU falls to a brand new low of 30%

— Josh Self (@josh-self.bsky.social) 2025-01-29T11:02:54.121Z

Simply 7% of “Remainers” now suppose it was proper for the UK to go away, in comparison with 88% who nonetheless suppose a vote for Brexit was incorrect, in line with YouGov’s polling.

Three-quarters of 18-24 yr olds (75%), who had been unable to vote within the 2016 referendum, say that Britain was incorrect to vote to go away the EU. That’s in opposition to one in ten (10%) who say the UK made the proper alternative.

Greater than six in ten Britons (62%) say that Brexit has to date been extra of a failure, versus 11% who really feel that it has been extra of successful.

20% of Britons think about it to be neither successful nor failure.

Depart voters usually tend to think about Brexit to have gone badly than properly, with 32% labelling it extra of a failure to date, in comparison with 22% describing it as extra of successful. 4 in ten Depart voters (38%) see Britain’s exit from the EU to have been neither successful nor a failure.

87% of Stay voters say Brexit has been a failure, with simply 3% believing Brexit to have been successful.

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