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As the pressure on the prime minister mounts, the results of an exclusive poll for POLITICO by the consultancy Hanbury Strategy show that while the public as a whole wants decision-making powers returned to Westminster after Brexit — rather than accepting “rule taker” status — it opposes leaving without a deal and supports compromises being made to reach an agreement.
According to the poll of 3,006 voters carried out between Monday and Friday, the public is so set against “no deal” it would prefer to remain in the EU than leave without a divorce agreement. By 53 percent to 47 percent, voters say they would prefer Britain stayed in the EU than leave without a deal.
The result is likely to spark further calls from anti-Brexit campaigners for a so-called People’s Vote on the terms of Britain’s EU divorce, with the option of remaining in the bloc on the ballot paper.
By 47 percent to 35 percent, voters also want the U.K. prime minister to “compromise” with the EU to get a deal, rather than walk away without one in March.
Voters break narrowly (39 percent to 38 percent) against extending the transition period — during which the U.K. will accept EU rules and regulations without a say in making them — if it costs “billions” of pounds a year to do so. [...]