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Has the agreement gone down more favourably with the UK public?
In short, no. A rapid turnaround YouGov study conducted today shows that the British public are more opposed to May’s Brexit deal than they are supportive.
Four in ten Brits (42%) oppose it, based on what they have seen and heard so far, compared to only 19% who are in favour. A further 39% answered “don’t know”.
Remain and Leave voters are roughly united in their opinion of the deal. Four in ten Leave voters (42%) oppose it, as do almost half (47%) of Remain voters. By contrast, only 22% and 20% respectively support the deal.
The Prime Minister has failed to carry her own party - 41% of 2017 Conservative voters have an unfavourable view of the proposed arrangement, compared to 28% who support it.
This is not simply opposition for opposition’s sake: many Brits think that it would have been possible to strike a better deal. Four in ten Brits (44%) think that the UK could have squeezed more favourable terms out of the EU - only 19% think that what she has presented to the nation is the best Brexit agreement possible.
Leave voters have higher expectations than Remainers - 55% of those who backed Brexit in 2016 think that a better deal is possible, compared to 40% of Remain voters.