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Five Years On: Why Have Public Attitudes to Brexit Changed?

31 January 2025

The UK left the EU five years ago today. However, compared with the outcome of the referendum on Brexit in June 2016, the balance of public opinion now is different. This is confirmed by the latest poll by Redfield & Wilton for UK in a Changing Europe, conducted earlier this month. Leaving aside those who […]


Where do those who voted Labour in July stand on Brexit?

2 October 2024

One of the strategic objectives Sir Keir Starmer set for his party on becoming leader in spring 2020 was to reconnect with those of the party’s former supporters who had voted Leave in 2016 and had subsequently switched to the Conservatives in 2019. In this blog we use the data from the first poll to […]



Two Years On: Why Have Some Leave Voters Lost Faith in Brexit?

6 January 2023

In our previous blog on attitudes towards Brexit since the UK left the EU single market, we noted that after oscillating up and down in 2021, the last twelve months witnessed a marked decline in support for being outside the EU. On average, the polls now suggest that 57% would vote to rejoin the EU, […]


Why Has Brexit Become Less Popular?

7 September 2022

The latest poll by Redfield & Wilton Strategies for UK in a Changing Europe suggests that, among those expressing a preference, 54% would now vote to join the EU while only 46% would back staying out. That is quite a turnaround from the position just six months ago. Then, 55% were saying they would vote […]


Public Reactions to The First Year of Full Brexit

31 January 2022

Brexit has created a trio of notable anniversary dates – June 23rd when the referendum was held, the end of December, when (just over a year ago) the UK left the EU single market and customs union, and today, which is the second anniversary of the UK’s exit from the political institutions. So, it is […]


What Do Voters Make of the Brexit Deal Now?

16 December 2021

It is now nearly a year since the formal process for Britain’s withdrawal from the EU was concluded. At the end of last year, the UK left the single market and customs union, and since then it has been trading with the EU on the basis of the Trade and Co-operation Agreement that was unveiled […]




Five Years On: Has Brexit Been A Success?

22 June 2021

Five years ago this week, the UK voted by 52% to 48% to leave the European Union. After two general elections and an extended parliamentary stalemate, that decision was eventually implemented on January 31 2020, though it then took another eleven months before the UK left the EU single market and Customs Union. This is […]


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