While around half of Romanians say the situation is more difficult than in 1989, but of course no one wants to go back 33 years, it took the British just two years to regret not being in the EU anymore.

The Brexit monsterPhoto: YouTube recording

When asked if they thought Brexit was a good (or bad) idea, the majority of UK citizens said it was a mistake.

Result:

  • The 2016 referendum on the country’s EU membership was very close, with 48.11% voting to remain and 51.89% voting to leave.
  • Although it was clear that the vote was to leave the Union, the narrow margin fueled years of tension in parliament over Brexit procedures and negotiations with the EU.
  • After all, the process of leaving the EU only started on Friday 31 January 2020 and was not completed until the end of the year. As a result, Great Britain spent less than two years outside the economic and political bloc.

And now, according to a YouGov poll, just 32% of people think those who voted to leave were right – compared to 56% who think it was a mistake. The poll also shows that one in five who voted for Brexit now believe it was the wrong decision.

Nine out of ten Remain voters still think leaving the EU was a bad idea.

YouGov has repeatedly advised citizens on Brexit, and by the 2017 election many believed it was the right decision.

“Since then, except for very brief periods in April 2020 and April 2021, public opinion has shifted in the other direction, and the latest results show the widest gap, with those who believe it was a mistake holding a 24-point advantage. those who say it was good,” explains YouGov.

Earlier this month, former environment minister George Justice said Australia’s post-Brexit trade deal “wasn’t really a very good deal”.

Lord Simon Wolfson, a member of the House of Lords, CEO of multinational Next and a Brexit supporter, called on the government to allow more foreign workers into the country, saying it was “not the Brexit we wanted”.

Bank of England official Swati Dhingra told MPs on Wednesday that real wages in England are lower than in the UK since the referendum six years ago. She also said Brexit had added six per cent to rising food prices and inflation was at a 41-year high.

Sources: Huffington Post UK, upday.com