Only one in 10 feel leaving the EU has helped their finances, while just 9% say it has benefited the NHS, despite £350m a week pledge

A clear majority of the British public now believes Brexit has been bad for the UK economy, has driven up prices in shops, and has hampered government attempts to control immigration, according to a landmark poll by Opinium to mark the third anniversary of the UK fully leaving the EU single market and customs unions.

The survey of more than 2,000 UK voters also finds strikingly low numbers of people who believe that Brexit has been of benefit to them or the country.

    • jabjoe@feddit.ukEnglish
      221·
      10 months ago

      The problem is letting people be deliberately missinformed. To the point they were tricked into voting against their own interest. Allowing that is the issue and throughing a referendum into that was always going to end badly.

    • fine_sandy_bottom@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      91·
      10 months ago

      The whole point of a representative democracy is to acknowledge that in some cases the populace lack the proper understanding to make an informed choice.

    • ImFresh3x@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3·
      10 months ago

      Refernerdums of this size and impact should require more than a simple majority. Or countries would just reinvent themselves and rectify new constitutions 3 times a month.