POLL: Brits Still Overwhelmingly Support Taking Back Control in Brexit Vindication
Research by YouGov for Queen Mary University finds Brits support retaining sovereignty in all aspects of decision making as opposed to handing part of all of it to supranational institutions. Brexit vindicated…
20 areas of lawmaking and regulation were put to 4,534 British adults who were asked to choose a preference from (a): This policy should be decided by UK governments alone, (b): UK governments should voluntarily seek, but not be bound by, agreements with other countries on this policy, (c) UK governments should be required to follow decisions made by international institutions on this policy. You’d never guess the results…
On every single area Brits backed option A. That includes “Refusing border entry to citizens of other countries who have been in prison for a year or more” (67%), “Providing tax incentives for companies to operate in Britain rather than overseas” (60%), “Controlling Britain’s fishing waters” (55%), and recent policies including “Abolishing the non-dom tax status” (54%). Brits say the choices should not be voluntarily outsourced to international institutions. Something for the Tories to ponder in their ongoing ECHR review…
Read the full data tables below: