Findings will bolster those in No 10 who want to negotiate on re-entry but some senior figures remain wary
Andy Burnham’s personal preference to rejoin the European Union after the next election is supported by almost half of all voters, a new megapoll has found, although cabinet ministers concerned about reopening Brexit divides are privately urging him to proceed with caution.
The poll by the Messina Group (TMG) found that renegotiating the UK’s relationship with the EU could boost Labour’s vote share by as much as seven points, if the prime minister offered a fresh referendum in which he campaigned to re-enter the bloc.
Almost 1/3 of voters said an in-out referendum would be needed first, while more than one in six felt that a general election mandate would be sufficient, and the same proportion thought parliament could make the decision.
The overall findings will bolster the case of those inside Downing Street who want to promise at the next election that Labour would at least negotiate over re-entry, which the prime minister has said he wants to see “in his lifetime”.
it’s gotta be a lot higher than half. it was just over half for the referendum. now we’ve witnessed the devastation first hand. the few idiots i know who voted to leave have all very much changed their views. is there really anyone who still thinks our economic suicide was good???
Yeah this won’t happen; it needs to be 60% before any politician would seriously consider risking everything over a referendum on this again.
This is just a distraction to annoy the right wing press and get them talking about Europe instead of the abolishment of the triple lock on pensions.
It wouldn’t be a referendum on that again. What once was is now gone for good. It could be a referendum about joining the EU, but on very different terms than the last time.
UK won’t be rejoining without switching to the Euro and joining the Schengen area. I don’t see its people wanting those two things for the next two decades at least.