On June 23, 2016, a narrow majority of voters in Great Britain voted to leave the EU. A referendum on the issue would probably have a different outcome.
On the eighth anniversary of the British vote to leave the EU, the conservative governing party is once again trying to use the issue for its election campaign. “Our country has voted decisively for Brexit,” said a campaign post by the Tories on X shortly before the anniversary. This despite the fact that the referendum on June 23, 2016 was extremely close, with 52 percent to 48 percent.
The decision was implemented by the Conservative government, while Labour leader Keir Starmer tried to reverse it, it said. The slogan was: “We deliver, Keir hesitates.”
Majority of Britons want to return to the EU
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives are lagging far behind the Labour opposition in polls for the July 4 general election.
However, it is questionable whether they will be able to score points with the Brexit issue in the election campaign. In the meantime, on average across all surveys, a majority of Britons (57 percent) are in favor of rejoining the EU.
In the last general election in 2019, when the Brexit vote had not yet been finalized, the then Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson managed to win a comfortable majority in Parliament with the campaign slogan “Get Brexit Done”. Since then, however, the wind has changed. The Tories are heading for a historic defeat.
Source: Stern
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