Brexit has Made Britain a More Expensive and Poorer Country, Say Voters
EXCLUSIVE: Seven-in-ten voters say Brexit has hurt the economy and made living costs higher, with even Leave voters saying Britain is now worse off
SEVEN-IN-TEN VOTERS SAY UK IS NOW POORER AND MORE EXPENSIVE DUE TO BREXIT
EVEN LEAVE VOTERS ADMIT UK IS NOW SIGNIFICANTLY WORSE OFF
VOTERS BELIEVE THE NHS AND IMMIGRATION ARE ALSO IN A WORSE STATE DUE TO BREXIT
An overwhelming majority of voters now say Brexit has made the UK a more expensive and poor country, according to exclusive polling commissioned by the Byline Supplement.
Brexit campaigners had promised that leaving the EU would reduce living costs and boost the economy.
Senior Conservative politicians, including Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, also lined up this week to claim that the UK had seen “significant benefits” from leaving the EU.
However, a new poll conducted to mark the three-year anniversary of Brexit, by pollsters Omnisis, found that a large majority of voters no longer believe them.
Asked how Brexit has affected the UK economy, 73% now say it has made it worse, compared to just 4% who say it has made it better.
A further 78% of voters say that Brexit has made the cost-of-living in the UK worse, compared to just 2% who say the opposite.
Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson had promised that Brexit would allow the UK to become a “high-wage” economy.
However, our poll found that just 4% of voters now believe pay has improved in the UK due to leaving the EU.
Voters also believe that Brexit has made other parts of life in the UK worse according to our poll.
63% say the NHS is now in a worse state due to leaving the EU, with a plurality of voters also saying workers’ rights are being hit.
Even the management of immigration, which was a central issue in the Brexit campaign, is now seen as being in a worse state due to leaving the EU. 56% of voters say immigration is now worse due to Brexit, with just 7% saying the opposite.
Separate polling conducted by Omnisis this week found that just 16% of all voters now believe they were told the truth by the Leave campaign.
Even Leave Voters Have Bregrets
Even those who voted to Leave the EU now concede that it has made things worse.
According to our poll, 58% of Leave voters say the UK economy is worse due to Brexit, compared to just 7% who believe the opposite.
A further 62% of Leave voters say that living costs are now worse due to leaving the EU.
Other findings suggests that there is now growing dissatisfaction with Brexit, right across the political divide.
Omnisis found that overall 61% of all voters, and even 22% of Leave voters, now believe the UK was wrong to Leave the EU.
As a result, a similar percentage of voters now believe the UK should rejoin the bloc.
62% of all voters and 22% of Leave voters now they would now vote to go back into the EU if another vote were held today, according to Omnisis.
The findings come amid grim new economic figures showing the dire state of the UK economy.
The latest forecast by the IMF this week suggests that the UK will be alone among major developed economies in seeing its economy shrink this year.
Even Russia, which has been hit by massive international sanctions will see its economy grow, unlike the UK, according to their forecast.
UK Political Parties Remain in Denial on Brexit
The growing scale of opposition to Brexit does not yet appear to have triggered a shift in stance from the two main political parties in the UK.
Sunak this week continued to insist that Britain was better off outside the EU, despite the mounting economic evidence that it has damaged the UK economy.
The Prime Minister’s renewed insistence that Brexit has been a success, came despite comments from the Bank of England this week that the negative economic impact from leaving the EU has come even faster than expected.
The opposition Labour party also remain committed to keeping the UK outside of the European Union.
A spokesman for Keir Starmer this week declined to draw a link between recent gloomy economic forecasts and the UK’s decision to leave the EU.
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