Most Britons now think Brexit was a bad idea – the government just hasn’t caught up yet | Zoe Williams

Under pressure from the fundamentalists, No 10 quickly denied reports of a ‘Swiss-style’ deal with the EU. But the mood music against Brexit is an irreversible trendA march to rejoin the EU in London in October.Last modified on Tue 22 Nov 2022 02.01 GMThe head of the Confederation of British Industry used his conference speech today to call for a tilt in immigration policy, to reflect the fact that the UK actively needs people to move here if we are ever to see a return to prosperity.

The puzzle pieces are cohering into one picture: things are bad. Some people would like to continue arguing about root causes, arranging, Covid and the sheer fecklessness of modern Conservatism into an infinitely contestable hierarchy, but most people would just prefer things to be better. And the “how can things be better?” phase of the arc comes right before “any mistake that can be undone, let’s try to undo it”.

So of course the Brexit fundamentalists have had to shake their rage back awake, it would be almost rude if they didn’t. Nigel Farage would consider a return to frontline politics, if the harmonisation went ahead; Bill Cash and Peter Bone would be furious; Jacob Rees-Mogg would find it absurd.

But if that government capitulation reminds you a lot of 2017, and all the years in between, that’s because it hasn’t caught up with the mood music. The majority of Britons now think Brexit was a bad idea. It’s not a “resounding” or “overwhelming” ratio, such as 52:48. Just a regular old majority: 56% think we were wrong to leave the EU, and 32% think we were right, according to the.

WATCH DIED SUDDENLY DOCUMENTARY OUR GOVERNMENT ARE INVOLVED IN WORLD WIDE GENOCIDE AND ARE BEING PAID TO DO SO..

Yeh right go back for a 3rd go until you get the results lefties want

p_hannam It was painfully obvious from the other side of the World that the public was being mislead and manipulated by a government/media that was hell-bent on leaving, but nobody really understood the reason nor the consequences. 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️

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