Britons united for a ‘clean Brexit’
MOST Remain voters and Leave supporters are united that Britain should have a clean Brexit, a study reveals.
The survey of more than 20,000 voters by the London School of Economics and Oxford University revealed that Theresa May’s blueprint to free Britain from Brussels rule is backed by almost 70 per cent.
The findings are a huge blow to those Remainers still hoping to keep the UK in the EU.
According to the findings most Remainers now agree with Leavers that Britain should take back control of its borders and end free movement.
The groups also mostly agreed that the UK should pay nothing, or £10billion at most, as a divorce bill. There is overwhelming support from both Remain and Leave supporters to end the right of the European Court of Justice to have jurisdiction in Britain.
But the most crushing finding for Remainers is that 67 per cent of people prefer a hard Brexit to a soft Brexit – meaning the UK leaving the single market.
The goal of Remain campaigners such as Anna Soubry and Sir Vince Cable is to keep Britain in the single market in the hope that it will become a full EU member once again in the future.
In contrast, the findings are a huge boost to Theresa May whose vision of a clean Brexit from the EU now has overwhelming majority support, according to the survey.
Report author Professor Sara Hobolt of the LSE said Remain voters were still more likely to back a hard Brexit.
She said: “Leavers are united in strongly favouring a hard Brexit because they are more likely to oppose any deal that involves continued freedom of movement of people, jurisdiction of the ECJ, and a very large divorce settlement.
“The majority of Remainers favour a soft Brexit, but others favour aspects of a hard Brexit.
“Overall, this means that there is a higher level of support for outcomes that resemble the hard Brexit position put forward by the Government.”