It’s among the most comprehensive studies of voters’ attitudes and the latest results found that support for Ms. May’s approach has plummeted to just 7 per cent, while 81 per cent said she was doing a bad job
Ms. May’s strategy has never been wildly popular but support for it stood at 29 per cent two years ago when she triggered the formal mechanism to leave the EU, known as Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty. Back then, she also commanded the backing of 42 per cent of those who voted to leave the EU. That compared with 18 per cent of those who voted to remain in the EU. Now, both groups oppose her handling of Brexit almost equally.
The NatCen report found only 39 per cent of voters backed a second referendum on Brexit and although support for remaining in the EU has been rising, it has not gone up by a large margin. The report said support for remaining in the EU stands at 54 per cent, up from 48 per cent in 2016. But it also noted that the vast majority of voters have remained entrenched in their positions and that another referendum wouldn’t necessarily produce a different result.
The report did offer some hope to those who support another vote on Brexit. Young people voted Remain by a large margin in 2016 and “the passage of time means that there is now a body of people who would be able to vote in a second ballot but who were too young to do so in 2016,” it said.
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