ITV poll shows support for second EU referendum

A survey for ITV1’s Good Morning Britain has revealed that nearly half of voters want a second referendum on Brexit and that a fresh poll would produce a very different outcome.

Released on the eve of the second anniversary of the historic vote to leave the EU, the survey suggests that voters would choose to remain in the EU by a margin of 53 per cent to 47 per cent, effectively reversing the referendum of June 2016, when Leave took 52 per cent of votes.

The poll found that 48 per cent of those questioned wanted a second referendum on the final Brexit deal, against just 25 per cent who did not. Furthermore, 18 per cent said they did not have an opinion and nine per cent did not know.

The survey also revealed that 43 per cent of voters back a ‘soft Brexit’ in which the UK would stay in both the single market and customs union, while 37 per cent favour a hard Brexit in which Britain would leave both. Only 35 per cent of people said Brexit would be good for the UK economy, while 39 per cent said it would be bad.

Chuka Umunna, Labour MP and leading supporter of the People’s Vote campaign for a second referendum, said: “This new polling shows just how much momentum is building behind the campaign for a People’s Vote on the final Brexit deal. This Saturday will see tens of thousands from all over the UK marching for a People’s Vote in London and support is growing across the country. With the negotiations in chaos, with the government making a total mess of Brexit and with Parliament paralysed, now is the time for people to take back control of the process.”