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Topic: What should Brexit mean?

Views on the UK’s future relationship with the EU

Thinking about the next General Election, if the Conservative Party led by Rishi Sunak won, do you think a Conservative government should seek a closer or more distant relationship with the EU?

4 January 2024 Question Sources of persuasion The Brexit process What should Brexit mean?


Thinking about the next General Election, if the Labour Party led by Keir Starmer won, do you think a Labour government should seek a closer or more distant relationship with the EU?

4 January 2024 Question Sources of persuasion The Brexit process What should Brexit mean?


To what extent would you support or oppose the UK joining the single market if it meant that EU citizens would have the right to live and work in the UK and UK citizens would have the right to live and work elsewhere in the EU?

29 November 2023 Question Migration and freedom of movement What should Brexit mean?


Overall, what do you think the UK should try to do when it comes to our future trading relationship with the European Union (EU)?

29 November 2023 Question What should Brexit mean?


From what you have heard, do you think MPs should vote for or against this deal the Prime Minister reached with the EU?

3 November 2023 Question What should Brexit mean?


From what you have heard, do you think the agreement reached by the Prime Minister with the EU is good or bad for Britain?

3 November 2023 Question What should Brexit mean?


Is your view closer to Statement A: “The UK should maintain at least the same level of rules as in the EU to protect such things as food safety, the environment and worker rights” or Statement B: “Now that we are out of the EU, we should try to outcompete with the EU and lower regulatory protections in these areas”

10 October 2023 Question The Brexit process The economic debate What should Brexit mean?


Is your view closer to Statement A: “The UK should allow EU workers to enter the UK more easily in order to address labour shortages in the NHS, restaurants, hotels, construction and other sectors of the economy” or Statement B: “The UK should NOT allow EU workers to enter the UK more easily, as it is more important to control our borders and limit immigration than to tackle labour shortages”?

10 October 2023 Question The Brexit process The economic debate What should Brexit mean?


Is your view closer to Statement A: “The UK should agree voluntarily to follow some EU rules and regulations in order to reduce trade barriers with the EU” or Statement B: “The UK should keep the freedom to decide its own rules and not accept those decided by the EU, even of that means higher trade barriers with the EU”?

10 October 2023 Question The Brexit process The economic debate What should Brexit mean?


Would you trust more a Conservative government led by Rishi Sunak or a Labour government led by Keir Starmer to handle the UK’s relationship with the EU?

8 October 2023 Question What should Brexit mean?


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