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.

  • rah@feddit.ukEnglish
    317·
    10 months ago

    the lowest common denominator

    Wow. Careful, your hat might blow off at those elevated heights you inhabit.

    • interolivary@beehaw.orgEnglish
      71·
      10 months ago

      Because it turned out so damn well for the UK when they did let the average person decide on policy that they have no fucking clue about, didn’t it?

      • rah@feddit.ukEnglish
        33·
        10 months ago

        let the average person decide on policy that they have no fucking clue about

        Aren’t the people in parliament, who usually decide on policy, the average person?

        Edit: fascinated by the downvotes