JUST DO IT!
...that’s the very loud and clear message from the British public to our Parliament
65% of voters want Leave and Remain MPs to ‘compromise’ and back Boris
VOTERS overwhelmingly support Boris Johnson’s historic Brexit deal with the European Union, an exclusive opinion poll revealed last night.
After a day of high drama in Brussels and Westminster, the Prime Minister clinched the elusive accord and declared: “This is a great deal for our country.”
Now he faces a titanic showdown in Parliament tomorrow with a “meaningful vote” to approve the package. And a ComRes poll commissioned by the Daily Express leaves MPs in no doubt how desperate the country feels.
The online survery showed 65 per cent of voters want MPs to end their squabbling, end three years of Brexit agony and Just Do It.
BORIS Johnson’s historic Brexit deal to finally get Britain out of the EU was met with overwhelming public backing in an exclusive poll for the Daily Express last night.
In a decisive snapshot of public opinion two thirds of voters say they want the country to “move on” and leave the bloc now.
And they are urging both Leave and Remain MPs to back the Prime Minister’s deal – hammered out during a dramatic 24 hours in Brussels – in a crunch parliamentary vote tomorrow.
In a further sign that the public is fed up with the Brexit deadlock the ComRes poll showed that almost half of Remainers now agree that Mr Johnson’s deal means it is time to leave the EU.
Overall, some 40 per cent of voters said they support Mr Johnson’s deal compared to 31 per cent who do not.
The survey also showed that 85 per cent of future Conservative voters support the new Brexit deal, as do more than half of Brexit Party voters (54 per cent).
Meanwhile, 17 per cent of Lib Dem voters and 13 per cent of Labour voters back the deal.
Two thirds of 2016 Leavers say they support Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal, as do 19 per cent of those who voted Remain. Asked whether having got this far in the process, MPs on both the Leave and Remain sides need to compromise more than ever to back a deal in order for the country to move on, a resounding 65 per cent said they agreed. Only 20 per cent said they did not agree.
Asked if even though a Brexit deal may be in sight the UK should still stay in the EU, 40 per cent said they agreed while 48 disagreed.
And more people said they are more optimistic about the UK’s future now that a Brexit deal has been agreed with the EU.
Approaching half (43 per cent) of voters said they feel more optimistic compared to 33 per cent who said they did not agree with the statement.
Furthermore, the ComRes Survey shows the British public has no appetite for another Brexit referendum.
Almost half of voters support leaving the EU without a further referendum on the proposed Brexit deal (45 per cent), compared to 38 per cent who want another vote.
Four in five future Conservative voters say they support leaving the EU without a further referendum on the proposed Brexit deal (82 per cent), as do a similar proportion of Brexit Party voters (81 per cent).
Three in five future Labour voters oppose leaving the EU without a further referendum on the proposed Brexit deal (62 per cent), as do three quarters of Lib Dem voters (76 cent).
Of all the options offered in a referendum on the proposed deal, options to accept the deal or stay in the EU is the most popular.
Two in five declared that they support this option (39 per cent), but nearly half said they oppose it (45 per cent).
Two in five (43 per cent) of British adults say that they would vote for the proposed Brexit deal if it was put to the public in a referendum, compared to a third (32 per cent) who would vote against.
Around one in 20 (six per cent) say they would not vote, while a further one in five (18 per cent) are undecided.
Divisive
More than half (54 per cent) of 2016 Leavers would vote for the deal if put to a referendum, while one in five of them (22 per cent) would vote against.
This is in comparison to just over a third (36 per cent) of 2016 Remainers who would vote for the deal if put to a referendum, while just under half (48 per cent) would vote against.
The poll also showed that only 11 per cent of people think the law passed by Parliament preventing the UK from leaving on October 31 without a deal has made the UK’s negotiating position stronger.
More than 40 per cent said it has made the UK’s negotiating position weaker.
ComRes surveyed 1,016 British adults yesterday, 1,210 days after the EU referendum in June 2016.
Results were weighted to be demographically representative.
After hearing the results,Andrew Bridgen, Conservative MP for North West Leicestershire, said: “This simply confirms exactly what MPs know in their hearts – that constituents want Brexit done.
“There is clearly no appetite for another divisive referendum that will only open wounds that have not yet fully healed. I only hope that all MPs bare this in mind when they vote on Saturday.”
Tory Brexiteer Michael Fabricant said: “The poll is still more evidence that people want Brexit done with.
“Jeremy Corbyn and the vast majority of MPs who resisted the outcome of the referendum had better understand that their continual opposition to the will of the people will do them no good at the ballot box. People want this done with and nobody will thank MPs who try to thwart Brexit.”