While Majority Want Britain to Leave EU, Just Five Percent of Brits Say PM May Handling Brexit ‘Very Well’

Around one-quarter of Brits want to abandon Brexit while the majority want to see it take place in some form, a new poll has found, despite a large proportion also saying the Prime Minister is not handling the divorce well.

Many seemed more optimistic about Brexit than is often supposed, with over half – 53 percent – saying life after Brexit would be the same or better. Just 26 percent said it would get worse.

Asked what they think should happen next with Brexit, 14 percent of respondents said they want Theresa May to “go back to the drawing board and come up with a more acceptable plan” rather than pursue her “soft” Brexit.

Another 22 percent chose walking away from the Brussels bloc without a deal rather than making any more concessions to the European Union (EU), the survey by Deltapoll for The Mirror found.

Only nine percent want Article 50 extended for further negotiations, and 26 per cent wanted Brexit abandoned altogether. However, one in ten backed Mrs May’s approach as the “best chance of getting Brexit through”.

The result means that well over half of Brits want to continue with Brexit in some form.

Meanwhile, dissatisfaction with Mrs May’s handling of the negotiations is widespread. Only five percent say the Prime Minister is handling the process “very well” and 27 percent say “quite well”.

This compares with 28 percent who say Mrs May is handling Brexit “quite badly” and 26 percent who say it is being conducted “very badly”.

The poll also shows the Tories have received a boost ahead of Monday’s budget, surging by six percent to 43 percent, with Labour remaining unchanged on 40 percent. Of the minor parties, UKIP is just one point behind the Liberal Democrats on five percent.

Deltapoll said they interviewed a representative sample of 1,017 adults over the age of 18 online aged between 24 and 26 2018.

Last week, a separate poll revealed just 19 percent of the people have faith in the Prime Minister’s ability to deliver a good Brexit.