But the vagaries of the UK’s first-past-the-post electoral system mean that, by a margin of more than 1 million, more British voters backed parties calling for a second EU referendum than supported those arguing for withdrawal without a confirmatory vote.
Fake news
Funny that Tory won by such a landslide tho...?
How silly.
Too late now. Should have thought it though properly in 2016....
Ha, ha, just made my day. This so called newspaper we now know employ children as journalists. So the vote didn't happen how odd. I must get my maths right. And please don't say the remoaners outnumber the brexiteers. People who vote Labour whatever are still pro brexit.
Hahaha
They should have voted in the election all these palls mean nothing now
Typical rubbish from pro eu paper 😂😂😂😂
Dont be stupid
Well they didn’t vote for it when they had the chance. Whatever happens now accept and make the best of it. Play the hand your dealt and make sure MSM don’t give equal time to liars, if it’s not true say it, name and shame. Liars NoShame Callthemout
Why? Britain is of a higher quality fabric than the entire EU conglomerate. Why lower it? Where is the British pride?
EU will be weakened. Same for Britain. Good for Trump. Good for R and China.
How tragic
Too late now!! It’s all too late
This really is a big barrow load of horse shit
This Poll doesn't mean crap, its only done on a small amount of people, for anything that is accountable it has to be done by a huge majority of people over 20 million, all the newspapers talking crap about brexit, they don't know shite until it happens
New poll over writes actual referendum and the recently elected prime minister who won by running on leaving the EU by a landslide. This just in: President Hillary Clinton finally addresses why she won because of the polls and why she left all to die in the Iraqi embassy
Please give it a f*cking rest
Silly racist country
Fake
Yes good one on polling just Londoners; of course you will get that result. That's why we use elections and not bias lefty polling!
😂 😂 😂 😂 Brexit
What do you call the elections then? 🤷🏻♂️
TOO LATE !!!
Tough
Well that poll is a bit late now
Utter bollocks with overtones of desperation . 🤣🤣😂😂🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂
I dont!!
Absolute Horse5hit, yet again from is Mickey Mouse doing polls again. .
BroganRoganTrev Scotland don't.
😂😂😂😂
Suuuuuuuuurrrrreeee they do 🙄😂😂😂😂😂 nice try
Nah nah they voted they go out of the EU.
Stop repeating this garbage
Enough. We have had polls involving the country as a whole. What a pitiful undemocratic pro EU mouthpiece this rag is. It's time your Editor and journalists grew up and faced facts. The majority of the Country wants to leave and if you dont like it, bugger off.
Pull the other one !!!
Old Rowan Atkinson sketch pretty much describes my feeling 8f this true:
Aaaaah those polls again......ever reliable
Oh dear that’s a shame or did I mean Sham
Democracy in action.
What a lot of tosh 🤣😂😆
I think I remember something about a vote been had on this. Not too sure though.
😂😂😂 let it go FakeNews
Nice try.
Voters remorse?🤔 Or is reality finally setting in? The referendum “Do Over” some people were clamouring for was the last election. And that settled that. Overwhelmingly so. Now suck your lemon, taste the salt and chug back a shot or two! That’s life!
In that case remainers must be thick as two short planks, they couldn’t even be united to stop brexit so tough shit. Leavers knew what they were voting for and voted with their heads remainers voted with their hearts and split their support. 😂😂😂😂
Of course. That’s why the Labour Party won the last election 🤣😂🥱🥱
We should have had a 2nd referendum followed by an election.
Was never asked
Really. Was Corbyn that bad that people voted effectively to ‘get Brexit done’ rather than have him in power?
Every polls been saying that but it’s ignored
If voters wanted to stay in the EU they should have voted for it when they had the opportunity at the last election.
_JS_Bond_ 😂 😂 😂 😂 BULLSHITE
So why didn't they vote for it?
🤣🤣🤣you just can’t accept reality
Another nonsense poll taken in the local Lib-NonDems club.
😂😂😂 Of course they do
Absolute bollox....would trust your EU loving comic if it claimed tomorrow’s Monday. You are an embarrassment to your profession and considering the profession concerned, that’s no mean feat.
A vote solely cast by leftist? 🤷🏻♂️
No shit
So then, Brits should block that silly Russian influenced Boris idiot, get rid of him, and take charge. Vote to remain.
Voting overwhelmingly for the Brexit party while wanting to remain in the EU must be an example of that renowned British quaint eccentricity.
You had a turnout of 67% in the general election in 2019. That is very low - especially when the cult followers of Brexit and all the right-wingers are more likely to vote. For such an important election, one would have expected at least 80% or more to turn up and cast a vote.
What exactly is ? Apart from shite?
Ffs give it a rest.
EU no one really know what it all about. My opinion is great for Germany.(since 1945) We want to have a food prices down. And all the house hold bill too. Servicea charges is increased and become a profitable business rather then healthy and safety purposes.
The GE Result 2019 proved beyond any doubt, they wanted to leave.
no, too late
I think you’ll find that this is wrong
Not everyone
So why vote? Just conduct a poll
Yeah, right.
I am sure that is why they voted overwhelmingly for the Tories.
An isolated Brit., is a weak and vulnerable Brit.; just what Putin wants.
Looks like it's time to learn the hard way whether or not this was a good decision. You get what you vote for.
Yes and that's the reason the Tories got in with a majority.
A poll conducted for and paid by 'The Independent' 🤣 So tiresome. When will legacy media stop finally peddling their Brexit agendas?
Polls use a sample group, depending on how the sponsor wants the result to come out they can shape the makeup of the sample group. Famously Trump wasn't supposed to win the presidency according to multiple polls, this is why we use referendums to make decisions & not polls.
Rubbish
Ffs give it a rest! You lost, end of story..
Course the ordinary people want stability, but the Fat-cats want to line their pockets. The liar and fraudster Farage is off to the states, hopefully, he stays there.
A journalist at The Independent wants to remain in EU, new made up poll finds weeks before withdrawal date. 😆
Don’t be surprised - it’s The Independent.
So much stupidity, so little time.
😂😂😂
Although I am a remainer and wish we could stay in the EU, we recently did have an election with the person with the clear exit plan winning a substantial part of the vote so this poll and this article can go to hell.
Breturn in 10 years...
🤔
Bullshit!
We’ve just had a GE which appears to say otherwise
cdl1503 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
They don't. Give it up.
Better to sit back and watch two factors kick in. 1. Anger of people under 50 who are hit hard by the economic impact of Brexit and 2.inevitable shift to a pro EU majority population as my generation of died in the wool little Englanders die out. Sadly I we won’t rejoin soon.
Still stirring up ill feelings rather than helping to reunite a country for the future?
These poor deluded people. Even though they’ve lost every vote on the issue, they still cling on to the status quo. We’re leaving, move on.
Just a thought, had the referendium result been 48% Leave and 52% Remain, would NigelFarage etc and billionaire tax dodgers have given up on brexit?
BrianUkulele Same old lies!
markpalexander Why didn't people vote for the Lib Dems then?
Has Brexit ever been about what the ‘people want’?
BrianUkulele
RUBBISH!
More 'FAKE NEWS' from The Russian owned on line newspaper - the one that nobody wanted to buy in the UK? mrevgenylebedev BorisJohnson carolecadwalla amolrajan afneil
Yep, that’s why so many people voted for the Conservatives
At this stage it is too late to change minds. People could have voted overwhelmingly to stay but they didn't. The signs are that old people will be happy but young kids will not have the freedom to travel they once did and become insular and xenophobic.
The number of people here unable to grasp how a FPTP Tory majority based on a 44% vote share doesn’t equate to majority support for Leave, is frankly depressing.
BrianUkulele
We are leaving. The legislation has been passed. I’m a remainer but it’s a done deal - we lost. It’s time to focus on salvaging what we can from the disaster
It’s not like we had a general election based on Brexit only a month ago is it.
What is incredible is that 15% still expect their finances to improve because of Brexit. I didn’t realise that there were that many hedge fund managers in the country!
Do who voted for Boris Johnson then?
Duh. Not to oversimplify, but it's obvious the propaganda campaign waged by Russia, against the UK and US in 2016, with the 'Brexit' referendum & Trump election, had more to do with the outcomes/ensuing pandemonium, than the will of the people. I don't think Brexit will stick.
If that is really true they should've voted Labour in the GE2019! That's one way of how the election went horribly wrong for us...
But they do nothing about it because theyre spineless
Well then they had ample opportunity to show this at ballot box
No they don’t! If they do...they won’t have a country anymore!!!
A month ago they voted to leave.
But no one had the stamina to keep with it, voting Tory was the quick way to get it done with, people were bored with Brexit even if it inevitably fucks things up for their kids and grand kids. But hey, we got our 'Sovereignty' back, whatever that is.
And the uk media made sure at the GE we won’t get what we want
Irrelevant now. It’s over.
Bit late now
I find it surprising that support for Leaving the EU is as high as 48%. It suggests a lot of people aren't prioritising financial gain, or at least not short-term financial gain, which is historically pretty unusual.
Tuff.
tomcoates Well now what?
You need to get over it... 😂 😂 😂
1508 people? You based your whole article on 1508 people? Well I guess that's another mystery solved. Great work team
1508 people questioned. Yep, really representative. ‘Independent’ - how ironic. Absolute set of clowns.
The ones with a brain
The government just doesn't care.
British public was distracted So be it and suck it up
Too late
I was not asked and I still want to leave.
Fake news and lies. What about the recent election?
Too late. Sorry!
and they polled 30+ million people
Awwww...so cute.
I don't recall being asked to vote in a poll
Let it go.
Talk of confused dot com
Volkischer Beobachter had more ‘Independent ‘thoughts than you
smilinglaura Which is why it was never going to be a referendum.
Then the fuckwits shouldn’t have elected the Tories because Boris is a low rent trump and will do whatever will pay well and keep him in power
Toryland won Britain lost
And yet they voted in a massive conservative majority
The liars in the Tory party won ...there s no avoiding it now...and you may thank your fellow countrymen who voted for Brexit for what is going to happen to the UK next...being ripped apart from the inside out.
We are living in perverse times. Essentially we are leaving because we are too afraid of the reaction of disgruntled vengeful Brexiteers.
FakeNews
Too little too late. Give it up
How stupid is this after the result of the General Election just proves this Newspaper has no credibility...
The UK is RemainerNow, and that has been a trend for a very long time 👇. We RemainerNow share the personal accounts to back this up.
Polls are not fact tbf
Polled where, downtown London and nowhere else screwlondon
No, nope I’m not doing this again. I lived since 2016 hoping that sense would prevail. Well it didn’t and we are leaving the safety of the EU and I am going to remind every leaver and Tory voter that the chaos that’s going to happen is their fault. Do not show me any more polls.
88% of all statistics are made up on the spot
Rubbish. Why does your rag report such lies.
Yep and first past the post screwed us all.
Bit late now guys, you gave the the tories an 80 seat majority.
A poll of libdems members shows...
HuguenotHouse
A poll asking who and how many? This kind of journalism serves no purpose.
Fork off
Whatever....bullshit
ScotIndyDebate
FakeNews
But another poll found that they don't?
Funny way of showing it!
Absolute and complete bollocks.
Oh do stop,I can't take any more laughing.
FakeNews utterly ridiculous
Of course it does!!! The Independent on a different planet. As always.
12/12/19
Well, at least you will probably sell your paper to the grieving FSBP mob!
A poll of 1500 people in comparison to a landslide general election result......just pathetic
More people voted for remain parties at the GE.than for the tories. This is old news.
No we don’t
Well then they shouldn’t have voted bloody Tory then! Good grief
Maybe they should have not voted for the nuclear option then... just an idea.
And this is why Boris won the election
Sadly those with the loudest voices have made Brexit an inevitability- sadly based on some sort of romantic notion of England in days gone past, and sold that the EU is our enemy. Very sad times.
At the last election, the Tories achieved 43.6% of votes cast, yet got more than 56% of the seats. Combining ‘leave’ votes together comes to less than 50% of votes cast. Looking like the losers are getting the spoils (for now), and man are they going to be made to OWNIT
Tough the idiots voted for it
If only our politicians had been willing to listen to the CURRENT will of the people.
Bit fxxxxxx late now
With only 20 days to go before departure and the Withdrawal Agreement Bill having passed its third reading two days ago, Brexit is now inevitable and Britain will unfortunately have to deal with it for at least a decade or so.
Which British public? Scotland, London or NI? The rest voted to Brexit because the EU was taking away their jobs especially in the norh of England, controlling their courts, supplying too many farm labourers and needed nhs, catering and construction staff.
Ridicoulos..now!¿¿¿¿¿
Of course they do, that's why they gave the conservatives an 80 seat majority. Who writes this guff.
They don’t they voted for Tories in last election so let them eat it
DAMN SHAME THAT!!!
Was does the Independent always talk rubbish?
I wanted to remain. But the British voters chose a pro Brexit prime minister. Surely if the majority of people wanted to stay in or a second referendum, they would have voted for a remain party.
Can someone please explain what the benefit of losing my freedom and workers rights are Will older people suddenly see the streets paved with gold What will brexit do to improve my life now my dreams of a place in the sun when I retire are now in tatters
Cough cough BULLSHIT!
Give the hedge funders a few billion then they'll get it.
Pretty sure that the majority have wanted to stay in since the morning the referendum result was announced. Democracy is such a bore...benign dictatorship all the way.
It’s RemainerNow, and that has been a trend for a very long time 👇. We RemainerNow shared (and still to do some extent) the personal accounts to back this up.
🤦♂️🤷♂️. Bit late now ffs !!!
So why did Johnson win election?
Give it up 'independent' ffs
This just in, than they should have elected a Labor majority. DOH!
So, great British public, why did you vote the Tories back in, then ?
I would have been surprised if this rubbish newspaper would have stopped with these polls. For the last 3 years, they are reminding us that the Remain side is well ahead although we had 2 general elections who proved they were wrong.
Pointless. Too fucking late. Happy to take money to leave to make room for more racist mo fo’s though
Bit bloody late now.
Didn't anyone notice that the only Party standing on a Leave ticket just won a huge majority based on a vote of the whole of the electorate. Get over it.
Nigel1934 What a load of codswallop, rubbish timing, quoted numbers no poll parrameters shown, yet another remainer unbacked up nonsense one reallthing a leave majority in GE.
So so sad - more people voted for remain parties than those dreadful Tories and their corrupt lies, but not to be due to our dysfunctional electoral system.
Pole you
Hahah they're getting desperate.
So The Independent publishes Remain backing poll SHOCKER !
If the popular vote was won by Remainers, common sense says that the elected parlement has a moral obligation to action what the majority in the UK have voiced. What would they do otherwise? Leave EU because the majority of Remainers couldn't agree on a single party? ukpolitics
In over 50 voting years I have never been asked to take part in a poll. Seems to me if you keep polling the same people you will get the same result.
What a load of tosh, the election results proved we want OUT of Europe
It's too late now! Or did they think by electing the Tories in power they will remain in Europe!
I’ve just read a poll that says all polls are total bollocks, it’s says that ‘Total Bollocks’ is now 25% ahead of ‘Complete Bollocks’ .. with ‘Total Lies’ trailing 3rd at 3% Must be true as I read it In The Independent 🤪
Yet you sit there with Bonzo Boris.
I just don't understand why they keep voting the way they do.
bloke_social Hey....the British public said it wants to leave in three separate votes....
How can you believe this rubbish? 4 times when the people have had the choice to stop brexit, they have voted to leave. End the nonsense and accept the people have opted to leave 4 times now.
Someone is definitely confused
Independent talking a load of complete bollocks....as per usual 🤪🤣🤣
The thickos won the battle. And our (or labours) utter incompetence handed them the war. They don't care what we want. It's a sinking ship and our best bet would be to get off. indyref2
We saw that in the GE - were most people voted for pro-remain/2nd referendum parties. But thanks to first-past-the-post, and a suspicious doubling in the number of postal votes, the country ended up handing control away to the self-interested elite.
Come on it is only the 17.4 mill that matter now. they are the ones that voted!!
If they wanted to stay in the EU, they should have voted Liberals..
showing it’s full of shit once again! I voted leave and I can’t wait to leave!!
Please don’t be ridiculous what a silly comment no we told the 17.4 million I’ve been waiting 3 1/2 years to leave the EU good God we don’t want to have more uncertainty and more upheaval don’t be ridiculous independent paper 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Cobblers
Nonsense
The election result begs to differ.
They have a funny way of showing it...
really 🙄🙄 tell that to the ex-Labour Tory voters up north . . .
Headline: losers make up polls to feel better.
Too late now, remainers blew it
CORRECT. WE DO!!!! WE SHALL!!!!
Obviously. The voting system is fundamentally flawed, ever thus.
The independent is a media joke now. You really have to open your ears and eyes to the needs of the average brit. Not your metropolitan bubble crowd.
Then why the fuck did you vote for Boris?
This is so boring
Rubbish! 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Well it's too late the public voted for BorisJohnson see you in 5 years time.
Too late...
BS! Just look who they chose as Prime Minister.
We’ve know this for some time...
Here’s a question. Would you choose a holiday without having any information on the destination. No. So they asked us to vote on something we knew nothing about. Now we know more we don’t want it. Surprise surprise!
There’s no laugh loud enough for this rag. 😂 😆 😝
Yeah sure after an election which the Tories won by a landslide on a platform of leaving the EU ASAP .
Then the poll is wrong. The election was 5 mins ago with first time tory voters saying they voted for brexit
Where did they do the poll... London.
Yeh yeh
Where is the proof they were British
Remain have lost 4 national votes on the trot. The pollsters called them wrong each time. Your “poll” is no different. Do the decent thing admit you are wrong.
British public can f...all atm. It's down to some billionaires who always wanted UK out of EU.
Too late 😞
NO NO NO
I wish!
'Straws grasping at, clear it is.' said Yoda. *sound of applause by Jedi*
Well obviously, about 53% of people in the election voted for parties who pledged to remain or have a 2nd ref. This is no surprise. Doesn't stop the government claiming they have a clear mandate for Brexit, but they lying is part of who they are now.
This should be the only story on the news until the govt respects the will of the people. Tobias_Ellwood are you hearing this?! Respect the will of the people!
It doesn’t matter if the country is now 52% or even 75% in favour of remain. It means nothing after the recent election. The Tories have the power they need to roll this through and there’s nothing we can do about if for 5 years, by which point will be too late.
NoIAmTonyGreen Well, that was obvious looking at the numbers voting for remain parties last month
I can honestly say that after reading all the tweets that I can’t remember what the original tweet was.
Then they shouldn’t have voted Boris in then. Too late now.
Yee just got live with the pain and see if as some suspect it’s a disaster for everyone bar the rich
The British are a clueless lot. Didn't they just give the Tories a majority? Aren't the Tories at the forefront of Brent? Just dessert should the EU hit them with a Brexit tax.
So I guess we should ignore the national poll which happened only 4wks ago on Dec 12?
isnt it late already?
If this were true why did they vote in the ‘Get Brexit Done ‘ Party
Dream on
What logic is there behind the 15% who think Brexit will improve their finances?
Omfg
Rubbbish
Evidence of a large nationwide vote says the complete opposite. Yet the Remoaner press are still crying about it like babies. Accept it, we are leaving!
Who did u poll 😂😂😂
Very clever 😅😂🤣
New poll finds because most people can't be fu*ked to even to part in an online poll now when it comes to Brexit! Brexiteers are done.
That's why we voted to leave 4 times because your polls are rigged.
To whom do they ask myself I am a leaver no ifs no buts don't change my mind once it's been made up changing minds leads to doubt and doubt in what you believe is never good
Who actually cares?
Hahahaha talk about clutching at straws! Christ!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Brexit-Year 2050 Five year anniversary of United Ireland, Independent Scotland and Federal Wales. PM, Peter Theodore Rees Mogg has signed the final Bill to Contract out all public services to support payment of IMF loans.
Here is one of your 'fastest deals'... Conservatives
Some more to own...along with your MSM mates... conservatives
conservatives own this...
Too fucking late.
They asked 1,500 people only.
I am a remainer. However just leave this thing alone now. We are leaving, the last election proves it. THATS IT.
The 'Independent' is owned by House of Saud. Don't buy this poor excuse for toilet paper. BBC News - Is the Independent still independent?
FFS let it go
52/48...48/52. All looks the same from space. The country is split down the middle on this and we’re leaving. It will prove to be a mistake but Leavers won’t admit it. In future, never ask the kids if they want icecream. Let the adults decide.
New opinion poll from pro remoaner says UK wants to stay in dying EU. Corrected that headline for you- you’re welcome.
Another Load of absolute bollocks from this shite online rag. We are leaving so let it go. This is just click bait fodder.
😂
Must have asked a few people on the other side of Adrian's wall
Sadly the thicko dullards corruptly voted to leave.
Hahaha!
Rubbish and peddling a false narrative. Conservatives with an 80 or so seat majority tends to show that.
Fake news..we are leaving the EU!👍🇬🇧🇬🇧
Indpendant🥱 anthing but shitrag
Who exactly is the 'British Public'? Noone sake me my opinion...
That’s why the conservatives won the election..... Remoaner propaganda 😂
PandaScottish Despite the media overt lies and distortions its good to hear that UK public wants to remain with EU Brexit
Please let’s march on the 31st x
Where’s this poll you’re referring to? I voted out, so you don’t speak for me 🙄
We’re like Obi-Wan Kenobi and Yoda at the end of Revenge of the Sith. We must accept a temporary defeat, but the seeds of our eventual victory have already been planted. We’ll bide our time, but the day will come when we bring freedom to the galaxy once again.
Unfortunately, sadly it's too late. The British public chose a different path last month
For gods sake ....
cliodiaspora lol
Which poll? I wasn't asked... 🙃
Well it is rather too late now.
Are you still campaigning? Why did you wake up so late..? Leftist rag..! LiberalismIsAMentalDisorder
Bit fuckin late. Why do you think they're so desperate to get it done now? If it dragged on any further they'd never leave.
😂
🙄🙄❄❄❄
What is interesting is that after 3 1/2 years of unremitting campaigning to remain, large numbers of elderly leave voters dying and remain voters coming onto the register, remain is only where leave was 3 1/2 years ago.
The European parliament could demand a 2nd referendum about Remain or the Brexit deal, prior to its legally obligatory consent. This consent is necessary before Brexit is legal.
No it doesn't
Seriously.... if this is what the Independant does? Disappointingly liberal
Of course this is the case, has been for some time. 52% voted for Remain parties in the GE so that much is clear (for the people at the back not paying attention). There is no stopping the ridiculousness for now, we're just going to have to ride the storm and be back soon!
Yes, no surprise - but it doesn't alter the fact that the europhobes won the battle. But will they take responsibility when Brexshit hits the fan? No, of course not - they'll blame the EU.
JS did the graph.
For what ?
Whatever ,,,,, blah blah boring. Just please stop printing such crap, nobody even reads it, which is why you have Twitter 😂
Mmm The sickly sweet smell of desperation.
Why did the leave party win the GE then?
What a lot of nonsense !
They should get out and vote when it actually counts for something then shouldn't they, instead of whining
Funny how they didn’t s month ago? Overwhelmingly
Who cares !!
Tough titties... They have had years to get their shit together.
Well as a remainer, I can only say that it is now definitely going to happen, there’s no longer anything we can do about it, we just need to do what we all can to make it work, and hope that we get a final deal that keeps us relatively close to our closest neighbours
No they don't and the last election showed it PERIOD
Even as a strong remainer, there was a pretty widely participated ‘poll’ taken in mid December that unfortunately shows this is not the case.
I want the UK to lose full sovereignty under the EU, I want an EU army, and I want higher taxes and more immigration with open borders.
You're fake news
Shouldn't have given Boris f*cking Johnson a majority in the last election then 😡
A journalist at The Independent wants to remain in EU, new made up poll finds weeks before withdrawal date. 😆
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