By Ashley Young-
Support for staying in the European Union is at its highest level since the 2016 referendum in the wake of the crushing Commons defeat for Theresa May’s deal.
A new YouGov poll has revealed the plummeting support for Brexit in the wake of the most historic defeat in the Commons for a sitting prime minister. It reveals 56 per cent of voters would choose Remain if given the chance in a fresh referendum. Sopprt for Brexit has dropped to 44 per cent . Polls are not often a precise indication of what would happen in the real situation, but they offer a close guide to what an expected outcome would be. The margin of 12 points is higher than the 8 point trail to Vote leave recorded at the end of the year, last December.
The poll also reveals that support has grown for a second referendum, found YouGov’s survey of 1,000 adults, which was commissioned by the People’s Vote campaign but conducted independently.
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Some 47 per cent of the public back a new vote, or 56 per cent for and 44 against after excluding don’t knows.The snap poll was conducted after Tuesday night’s record-breaking Commons vote against Mrs May’s withdrawal blueprint, which was crushed by 432 votes to 202.Last night the Prime Minister managed to unite the Tories and her on-off Democratic Unionist Party allies to resist a Labour motion of no confidence by 325 votes to 306. Labour MP Chuka Umunna, a leading supporter of the People’s Vote campaign, urged party leader Jeremy Corbyn to read the results and back a referendum.
“This snap poll shows more than ever why the Government needs to change course and hand this decision on Brexit back to the people,” he said.
“The poll also underlines why the leadership of my party needs to listen to Labour’s own supporters, more than three-quarters of whom are demanding a People’s Vote. To ignore those calls now would be an historic mistake for which Labour would not be forgiven.”
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Some Mps are pressurising Theresa May’s government to hold a second referendum, but May has made it clear this is off the table as she interprets such a step as being disrespectful to the referendum and democracy. Against her position is the view from Mps advocating a second vote that the prime minister must consider a second referendum or take a no deal off the table. The British prime minister insists it is up to Mps to agree a deal if they want a no deal off the table. Parliament has agreed to allow up until January 29 for a plan B
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