"UK on a Crossroads: Can the Next PM Heal the Brexit Divide? As the UK commemorates a decade since the historic EU referendum, experts are weighing in on the future of Britain's relationship with Europe. With the Conservative Party's leadership battle heating up, many are wondering whether the next prime minister will continue to distance the UK from the EU or take a more collaborative approach. Polling expert John Curtice believes the next PM will have ample opportunity to shift the country's stance, citing Labour's pro-EU leaning and a significant shift in public opinion. According to Curtice, the gap between Leave and Remain voters has narrowed, with younger generations and those who didn't vote in 2016 holding more Remain-friendly views. Can the next PM seize this moment and bring the country closer to Europe, or will the Brexit divide continue to deepen?"
As UK marks 10 years since the EU referendum, David Frost says outgoing prime minister’s team ‘didn’t think hard enough about the choices and the processes’Whoever becomes the next UK prime minister will have plenty of political space to move closer to Europe, polling expert John Curtice has said.His comments come as many domestically and in Europe begin to question whether the potential future British prime minister will move further away or closer to the EU than Keir Starmer.“Labour’s vote is something like three-quarters to four-fifths pro-Rejoin [the EU] vote. Labour has always had much more potential political opportunity to be able to go further in terms of our relationship with the European Union, but it does mean that the Labour Party has to end its hang up about the ‘Red Wall.’”“Actually the reason why public opinion has shifted from what was, 52:48 in favour of Brexit no being roughly 60, 40 rejoin is partly to do with the fact that leave voters are less likely to say they would vote to stay out, than remain voters … say rejoin. There is a bit of a gut [feeling] there, but we have to remember now that there are 10 years worth of our population who were too young to vote in 2016.And if you actually look at the perceptions of the people who did not vote in 2016, whether they were too young or not, they, and their perceptions of the consequences of Brexit, including on the economy, look much closer to the views of remain voters than those of leave voters.” Continue reading...
