According to the poll of 3,006 voters carried out between Monday and Friday, the public is so set against “no deal” it would prefer to remain in the EU than leave without a divorce agreement. By 53 percent to 47 percent, voters say they would prefer Britain stayed in the EU than leave without a deal. [...]
By 47 percent to 35 percent, voters also want the U.K. prime minister to “compromise” with the EU to get a deal, rather than walk away without one in March.
Voters break narrowly (39 percent to 38 percent) against extending the transition period — during which the U.K. will accept EU rules and regulations without a say in making them — if it costs “billions” of pounds a year to do so.
But 59 percent of voters say they would accept a transition extension when cost is stripped out of the equation, suggesting any delay in getting out of the transition will need to be carefully sold to the electorate to avoid a backlash — because the EU has made clear the U.K. will not be able to retain the benefits of the single market and customs union for free. [...]
Even starker, British voters would prefer (by 59 percent to 41 percent) to have the power to strike independent trade deals even if doing so means a hard border in Ireland.
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