Non-partisan information on UK attitudes to the EU before and since the EU Referendum

Should the government stick with the Northern Ireland Protocol or make the rules the same for NI as for the rest of the UK?

Fieldwork dates: 19 May 2022 - 20 June 2022
Data from: Great Britain
Results from: 2 polls

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Results for: Should the government stick with the Northern Ireland Protocol or make the rules the same for NI as for the rest of the UK?
Fieldwork end date
Pollster		 20 June 2022
Poll by Kantar 		23 May 2022
Poll by Kantar
The government should stick with the current arrangement, and keep in place the trade agreement already negotiated with the EU 34% 30%
The government should change the arrangement to make the rules exactly the same for Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK, even if this may mean the return of a hard border between Ireland and Northern Ireland 28% 32%
Don’t know 38% 38%

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As it stands, the Brexit agreement reached between the UK and the European Union means that there are different customs rules for the movement of goods into Northern Ireland compared with the rest of the UK. This is called the Northern Ireland Protocol, and means that goods arriving into Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK are subject to border checks. Which of the following statements best describes your view? The government should stick with the current arrangement, and keep in place the trade agreement already negotiated with the EU/ The government should change the arrangement to make the rules exactly the same for Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK, even if this may mean the return of a hard border between Ireland and Northern Ireland

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