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Polling on anniversary of vote also finds 71% of leave voters now want a closer relationship with the European Union.
Good morning. Seven years ago today the United Kingdom voted in a referendum to leave the European Union. Even leave voters don't believe it has been a success, and this morning the Tony Blair Institute has published a report that includes polling suggesting that four out of five people (78%) now want a closer relationship with the EU. Even amongst leave voters, 71% now favour a closer relationship with the EU.
The poll also suggests that 56% of people want the UK to at least rejoin the single market (with 43% favouring rejoining the EU in full, and 13% favouring just returning to the single market).
Remarkably, even amongst leave voters, 34% want the UK to at least rejoin the single market (with 13% favouring rejoining the EU in full, and 21% favouring just returning to the single market).
Commenting on the findings, Anton Spisak, head of politcal leadership at the thinktank, said:
Our polling shows that there is a large majority of the British public who recognise that Brexit in its current form isn't working and would like to see the UK moving closer to the EU. This creates a substantial political space to move the debate forward from refighting the old battles about whether Brexit was right or wrong, to discussing what an improved future relationship with the EU should look like. The EU will always remain a key strategic ally, and it is absurd that the bloc has deeper trading arrangements with Israel and Georgia, better regulatory recognition on food-safety standards with Canada and New Zealand, and deeper mechanisms for political co-operation with nations including Australia and Japan. Any future British government that wants to improve the relationship with the EU will need a carefully considered strategic plan - and make a clear-eyed offer to the other side. Asking the EU nicely cannot succeed as a negotiating strategy.
Our polling shows that there is a large majority of the British public who recognise that Brexit in its current form isn't working and would like to see the UK moving closer to the EU. This creates a substantial political space to move the debate forward from refighting the old battles about whether Brexit was right or wrong, to discussing what an improved future relationship with the EU should look like. The EU will always remain a key strategic ally, and it is absurd that the bloc has deeper trading arrangements with Israel and Georgia, better regulatory recognition on food-safety standards with Canada and New Zealand, and deeper mechanisms for political co-operation with nations including Australia and Japan.
Any future British government that wants to improve the relationship with the EU will need a carefully considered strategic plan - and make a clear-eyed offer to the other side. Asking the EU nicely cannot succeed as a negotiating strategy.
To mark the anniversary, there is quite a lot of other Brexit news around, including polling showing that the proportion of Britons who want to rejoin the EU has climbed to its highest levels since 2016. Jon Henley and Michael Goodier have the details here.
Related: Britons who want to rejoin EU at highest since 2016, survey finds
Otherwise, the political news fountain is running a bit dry today. But Jeremy Hunt, the chancellor, has been meeting lenders to discuss the mortgage crisis. Julia Kollewe is covering this on the business live blog.
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