Barnes Poll : Countdown to Brexit

By , , , , , and from St Osmunds - 05/03/19 - Local News, UK

On Wednesday 27th February, almost a month to the day from the UK’s scheduled departure from the European Union (Brexit), our Newsnuggets’ Club at St Osmund’s Primary School in Barnes, South West London took to the streets.

We conducted a very small, anonymous poll (we only had 30 minutes) in order to find out what the general public thought about their options on whether or how to leave the EU, today. This coincided with the Labour Party’s pledge that it was prepared to back another EU referendum to prevent a “damaging Tory Brexit”. Barnes is part of the Borough of Richmond, which backed the Remain Campaign by 65%.

We interviewed a total of 12 people, across all demographics. In bold are the 3 questions we asked and the yes/no percentage of their answers.

Did you vote Leave or Remain in the 2016 Referedum?

Leave : 25%

Remain : 75 %

Do you think we should leave the EU with No Deal?

Yes, just get on with it: 20%

No : it would be very damaging for the economy: 70%

Not sure : 10%

Knowing what you know 2 years on, would you want a second Referendum?

Yes: 70 %

No, we must get on with it : 30%

It was fascinating to see that some of those who voted to Leave in 2016 would now welcome a second referendum. It was also interesting that some who voted to Remain, don’t want any further delay and just want to government to reach a deal and get on with their promise.

On a national level, the survey by polling firm YouGov conducted that same week showed that if a referendum were held immediately, 46 percent would vote to remain, 39 percent would vote to leave, and the rest either did not know, would not vote, or refused to answer the question.

 

By : The St Osmund’s Team

 

 

 

 

 

 

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