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.

    • Treczoks@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      2 years ago

      The Tories were afraid that the Brexiteers would split off from their party, and the “first past the post” would kill them off. So they thought that showing those Brexiteers that their idea had no majority.

      So now they will be killed off by FPTP in 2024. Helped them lots, and killed the countries’ future.

    • MonsterMonster@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      2 years ago

      The Tories were scared of the rise of the right wing UK Independence Party (UKIP), particularly their leader Nigel Farage. In order to try to stop losing voters to UKIP David Cameron (the prime minister) promised a referendum on EU membership thinking they would not vote to leave. It back fired, he resigned, and the shit show began. The vultures descended to make political and monetary opportunities despite the damage it would do to the country.

      • some_designer_dude@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        2 years ago

        The vultures descended to make political and monetary opportunities despite the damage it would do to the country.

        This is the tl;dr of every capitalist nation in history.