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Poll: 70% of Britons want closer EU ties a decade after Brexit

Original: Ten years after Brexit, 70% of Britons want closer ties with the EU, per a Public First poll for POLITICO. 39% would eve

A new Public First poll for POLITICO finds that ten years after the Brexit vote, 70% of Britons favour closer ties with the European Union, and 39% would even accept some EU rules again. Notably, 51% of Reform UK voters back closer ties, double the 25% who want more distance, suggesting Nigel Farage's own base is drifting from hardline Euroscepticism.

Why now: The finding that even Reform UK voters now favour closer EU ties challenges the core political project of Brexit's leading champions.

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• Ten years after Brexit, 70% of Britons want closer ties with the EU, per a Public First poll for POLITICO. 39% would even accept some EU rules again. The twist: 51% of Reform UK voters agree, twice the 25% who want more distance. Farage's own base is drifting from his life's… · AutokratDaily · 1

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