Only one in 10 feel leaving the EU has helped their finances, while just 9% say it has benefited the NHS, despite £350m a week pledge

A clear majority of the British public now believes Brexit has been bad for the UK economy, has driven up prices in shops, and has hampered government attempts to control immigration, according to a landmark poll by Opinium to mark the third anniversary of the UK fully leaving the EU single market and customs unions.

The survey of more than 2,000 UK voters also finds strikingly low numbers of people who believe that Brexit has been of benefit to them or the country.

  • RobotToasterEnglish
    3127·
    11 months ago

    We are a parliamentary democracy and parliament should have decided.

    “How dare those dirty proles be given a choice”

    • trebuchet@lemmy.mlEnglish
      384·
      11 months ago

      Yup, you’re a real hero with your populism. Look how great that turned out.

      People these days treat democracy like a damned religion instead of a system of governance. Turns out though that complex decisions often benefit from expertise instead of letting the lowest common denominator decide.

      • rah@feddit.ukEnglish
        317·
        11 months ago

        the lowest common denominator

        Wow. Careful, your hat might blow off at those elevated heights you inhabit.

        • interolivary@beehaw.orgEnglish
          71·
          11 months ago

          Because it turned out so damn well for the UK when they did let the average person decide on policy that they have no fucking clue about, didn’t it?

          • rah@feddit.ukEnglish
            24·
            11 months ago

            let the average person decide on policy that they have no fucking clue about

            Aren’t the people in parliament, who usually decide on policy, the average person?

            Edit: fascinated by the downvotes

      • RobotToasterEnglish
        319·
        11 months ago

        the lowest common denominator

        How’s the weather up there in your ivory tower?

        • mr_strange@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
          152·
          11 months ago

          I suppose when you are down in a dank shitty hole of your own making, normal sunlight and open ground must seem like an ivory tower.

          Would you like me to let down a rope ladder for you?