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Full question: Now thinking back to when the UK was part of the EU, which of the following comes closest to your view? When the UK was part of the EU, the UK’s immigration system was too strict and did not allow enough people to immigrate to the UK; When the UK was part of the EU, the UK’s immigration system was strict enough and allowed a good number of people to enter the UK; or When the UK was part of the EU, the UK’s immigration system was not strict enough and allowed too many people to immigrate to the UK.

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

• Should the United Kingdom join the European Union or stay out of the European Union?
• Did you or did you not vote like most of the people you are close in the Brexit referendum?
• Do you or do you not identify more as a Leaver or Remainer than you do with a political party?
• Do you think that the main political differences in UK society today are between those who vote for different political parties or those who voted on different sides in the EU referendum?
• Thinking back to the vote in 2016, do you think we were given all the information needed in order to make the decision on how to vote in the EU referendum?
• Thinking back to the vote in 2016, did you witness a good balance between arguments for both Leave/Remain?
• If you knew what you knew today, how would you have chosen to vote in the 2016 EU referendum, if at all?
• Overall, would you say that Brexit has so far turned out well or badly?
• If you had to guess, do you think Brexit will turn out well or badly in the long run?
• What is your view on Brexit and whether politicians could have made Brexit work?
• In your view, are there ways in which Brexit could benefit the UK economy?
• Some people voted for brexit to allow the UK to reduce the amount of legal immigration. Do you think this has happened as a result of Brexit, or if not will it happen in the future?
• Some people voted for brexit to allow the UK to have more control over the number of people immigrating to the country. Do you think this has happened as a result of Brexit, or if not will it happen in the future?
• Some people voted for brexit to allow the UK to allow the UK to have more control over who could immigrate to the country. Do you think this has happened as a result of Brexit, or if not will it happen in the future?
• Some people voted for Brexit to allow the UK to have more control over its laws. Do you think this has happened as a result of Brexit, or if not will it happen in the future?
• Some people voted for Brexit to allow the UK to reduce the amount of money the UK was sending to the EU and have it available for spending on things like the NHS. Do you think this has happened as a result of Brexit, or if not will it happen in the future?
• Some people voted for Brexit to allow the UK to sign trade deals with countries outside of the EU, like the US or Australia. Do you think this has happened as a result of Brexit, or if not will it happen in the future?
• Some people voted for Brexit to allow the UK to bring attention to the state of the country. Do you think this has happened as a result of Brexit, or if not will it happen in the future?
• Some people voted for Brexit to stop EU officials having control over the UK. Do you think this has happened as a result of Brexit, or if not will it happen in the future?
• What impact, if any, do you think Brexit has had on the UK’s economy overall?
• What impact, if any, do you think Brexit has had on the UK’s attractiveness to inward investors?
• What impact, if any, do you think Brexit has had on the UK’s ability to control its borders?
• What impact, if any, do you think Brexit has had on the UK’s ability to make laws that suit the UK itself?
• What impact, if any, do you think Brexit has had on the UK’s security/defence?
• Do you think legal immigration has increased/decreased and do you think this is a result of Brexit?
• Do you think illegal immigration has increased/decreased and do you think this is a result of Brexit?
• What is your view on the UK’s control of its borders since leaving the EU?
• How strict do you think the UK’s current immigration system is?
• What is your view of the UK’s immigration system when it was part of the EU?
• How would you say that the UK’s economy has changed as a result of Brexit?
• Do you think the UK leaving the EU has had an impact on how attractive it is for businesses from the EU to invest in the UK?
• Do you think the UK leaving the EU has had an impact on how attractive it is for businesses from other countries outside of the EU to invest in the UK?
• Do you think Brexit has made the union stronger, weaker, or made no impact either way?
• In the past year, have you personally noticed there seeming to be fewer people around who came from EU Countries?
• In the past year, have you personally noticed an increased number of people from non-EU Countries in the UK?
• Which of the following comes closest to your view on the claim that Brexit has meant people in the UK have lost some luxuries such as being able to get through passport control quickly, and having mobile data roaming?
• To what extent are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the UK’s relationship with the EU today?
• Do you think the UK should have a more distant or a closer relationship with the EU than now, or should it stay as it is at the moment?
• Besides the political and trade relationship, do you think the UK and EU should be more or less friendly with one another than they are now?
• Do you think Brexit was the best way for the UK to deal with the issues it had with the EU, or do you think it would have been best to deal with the issues the UK had with the EU whilst remaining a member?
• Do you think it would be easier for the UK to deal with the small boats as a member of the EU, or that it is easier to deal with them having left?
• Would you personally support or oppose the UK rejoining the EU?
• Would you personally support or oppose the UK holding another referendum on whether to rejoin the EU?
• Would you personally support or oppose the UK making efforts to form a stronger relationship with the EU?
• Do you regret the way you voted in the 2016 EU Referendum?
• Do you agree or disagree that we should never have had a referendum on EU membership?
• Do you agree or disagree that a referendum on EU membership was unavoidable?
• Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: ‘I wish we would stop talking about Brexit’?
• In the next 20 years, do you expect the UK will not be part of the EU, that the UK will have another referendum on EU membership, or that the UK will rejoin the EU without a referendum?
• In the next 50 years, do you expect the UK will not be part of the EU, that the UK will have another referendum on EU membership, or that the UK will rejoin the EU without a referendum?
• If there was another referendum on EU membership, with the question being whether the UK should rejoin the EU or remain, which side do you think would win?
• If Keir Starmer proposed a closer relationship between the UK and the EU, would that make you more or less likely to vote Labour?
• If Keir Starmer proposed to renegotiate the Brexit deal, would that make you more or less likely to vote Labour?
• If Keir Starmer proposed a new referendum on whether to rejoin or stay out of the EU, would that make you more or less likely to vote Labour?
• Which of the following comes closest to how you would describe your views about Brexit at the time of the referendum and now?