Only one in 10 feel leaving the EU has helped their finances, while just 9% say it has benefited the NHS, despite £350m a week pledge

Only one in 10 feel leaving the EU has helped their finances, while just 9% say it has benefited the NHS, despite £350m a week pledge according to new poll

A clear majority of the British public now believes Brexit has been bad for the UK economy, has driven up prices in shops, and has hampered government attempts to control immigration, according to a poll by Opinium to mark the third anniversary of the UK leaving the EU single market and customs union.

The survey of more than 2,000 UK voters also finds strikingly low numbers of people who believe that Brexit has benefited them or the country.

Just one in 10 believe leaving the EU has helped their personal financial situation, against 35% who say it has been bad for their finances, while just 9% say it has been good for the NHS, against 47% who say it has had a negative effect.

  • scarabic@lemmy.worldEnglish
    119·
    1 year ago

    That’s like a couple getting married again after a divorce. It HAS happened, but only when both people are lost together in a world of mutual crazy that neither can live outside. I don’t think the EU is participating in the Uk’s fantasy world, so it’ll never happen.

    • OhNoMoreLemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish
      71·
      1 year ago

      Nah. The honest truth is that the EU doesn’t care that much about the UK.

      It’s much more like someone storming out their local pub and refusing to come back. It’s a big deal to the guy that left, but a much smaller deal to everyone still drinking in the pub.

      If the UK stops acting like a dick and pays for their share they’d be eventually welcome back, once it looked like they’d actually learnt their lesson and wouldn’t do it again. The real barriers to rejoining are on the UK side. No one wants to reopen that can of worms.

    • Simulation6@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      21·
      1 year ago

      UK had one of the larger militarys in the EU. Only reason I can see them ever considering it.

      • scarabic@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Aren’t most of the EU also NATO members? I guess I’ve never thought much about the military aspects of the EU.

        • chitak166@lemmy.worldEnglish
          14·
          1 year ago

          Do you think your analogy is a 1:1 representation of the situation at hand? Lol.

          • scarabic@lemmy.worldEnglish
            11·
            1 year ago

            Look. If you’re not prepared to actually discuss and share your ideas, why comment at all? And don’t go putting the burden on me to invalidate the opinion you just dropped, raw, and walked away from.