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Full question: Which of the following statements comes closest to your view? There is no problem with the ‘backstop’ and the government should accept it as part of a Brexit deal / The ‘backstop’ is not ideal, but it is an acceptable compromise for getting Brexit done without the risk of a hard border between Ireland and Northern Ireland / The ‘backstop’ would separate Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK in unacceptable ways, and the government should not agree to any deal that includes it

All questions relevant to this website that were asked on the same poll:

• Do you think there should be a new referendum on whether the UK should leave or remain in the EU?
• If there was a second referendum on whether to remain in the EU or leave the EU, how would you vote?
• Do you think Brexit makes Irish unification in the foreseeable future more or less likely?
• Do you think that Brexit strengthens the case for Irish unification, or that Brexit strengthens the case for Northern Ireland remaining part of the UK?
• Would you most like to see the UK leave the EU on 31 October with or without a deal, the UK leave the EU with a good deal even if this means waiting beyond 31 October, or the UK remain in the EU?
• What do you think would be the result of leaving the EU with no deal for Northern Ireland?
• If it were not possible to have both, do you think it is more important for Northern Ireland to remain part of the UK or for Northern Ireland to remain in the EU?
• If no further progress is made in the negotiations before the UK is due to leave the EU on 31st October, and the only two options available are to leave the EU with a deal that includes the Northern Ireland ‘backstop’ or to leave the EU with no deal, which would you prefer?
• If it were not possible after Brexit to have both exactly the same laws and regulations in Northern Ireland as in the rest of the UK and no visible border between Ireland and Northern Ireland, which do you think is more important?
• Do you think that ‘The issue of the Irish border is being deliberately exaggerated by politicians who want to stop Brexit – if both sides were willing, a practical solution could be found that would avoid a hard border after Brexit without EU regulations applying in Northern Ireland’, or that ‘The only way to avoid a hard border between Ireland and Northern Ireland is to keep the ‘backstop’, or for the UK to remain in the EU – there is no alternative solution available’?
• What is your opinion on the ‘backstop’?