A majority of Britons will vote to rejoin the European Union, with more than 60 per cent believing Brexit to have been more of a failure than a success, according to a new poll, reported Reuters. As per the YouGov poll, which surveyed 2,151 people last week, about 57 per cent said leaving the European Union in 2016 was wrong, while only 32 per cent were in favour of Brexit.
Most of the respondents agreed leaving the EU resulted in few economic benefits for the UK.
If a referendum on returning to the EU was organised now, 55 per cent said they would vote in favour, while only 31 per cent of Britons would vote against it.
YouGov said the results showed a "moderate shift" from January 2021, when 49 per cent said they would vote to rejoin and 37 per cent would stay out.
Moreover, the poll revealed that nearly two-thirds (63 per cent) of those surveyed said they considered Brexit more of a failure than a success. Only 12 per cent said they saw the move to leave the bloc a success. Eighteen per cent were neutral.
Also, 70 per cent of the respondents said the government was handling Brexit badly, YouGov said.
In May, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak had said Brexit was delivering benefits. He justified his claims by talking about his flagship policy of freeports and VAT cuts that he said would make beer and sanitary products cheaper, reported Reuters.
However, some economists say freeports, which are special zones giving tax and customs reliefs and simplified trade regulations, are not likely to help in growth of Britain's economy. They have said it might have limited value as a regional development tool.
Notably, British business investment has not shown significant growth since mid-2016 in comparison to other developed economies. However, economists supporting Brexit believe the capital grew strongly in the years leading up to 2016 and was bound to slow down, reported Reuters.