{"id":679924,"date":"2026-01-07T12:43:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T12:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/679924\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T12:43:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T12:43:13","slug":"brexit-has-made-everything-from-economy-to-immigration-worse-voters-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/679924\/","title":{"rendered":"Brexit has made everything from economy to immigration worse, voters say"},"content":{"rendered":"

Most voters say warnings from the remain campaign, branded \u201cProject Fear\u201d by Nigel Farage at the time, have turned out to be true<\/p>\n

British voters believe Brexit has made the UK worse in almost every conceivable way, from the economy to immigration and the nation\u2019s control over its own future.\n<\/p>\n

The survey of 20,000 voters found Brits are more pessimistic about the country\u2019s future than people in other Western nations, including in the US<\/a> and Europe<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Conducted by Yonder Data Solutions, the poll revealed EU residents would happily welcome Britain back into the bloc if Sir Keir Starmer took steps to reverse Brexit<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A staggering 72 per cent of voters say Britain now has less control over its future than before the EU referendum – despite \u201ctake back control\u201d being the slogan of the Brexit campaign.<\/p>\n

Read more: <\/strong>UK to rejoin EU student exchange scheme as ministers roll back Brexit withdrawal<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Read more: <\/strong>UK prepared to get closer to EU single market, Starmer says<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Brexit has been a negative for the UK, voters say.<\/p>\n

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Two-thirds of voters say Brexit has hurt the economy, while one in five think it has had a positive impact.<\/p>\n

Most voters say warnings from the remain campaign, branded \u201cProject Fear\u201d by Nigel Farage at the time, have turned out to be true.<\/p>\n

A further two-thirds of Brits think Brexit has failed to solve Britain\u2019s so-called \u201cimmigration crisis\u201d, while only 22 per cent of people think it has given us greater control of our borders.<\/p>\n

It isn\u2019t only Brits who think Brexit has failed; EU nationals believe the referendum has made life worse for them too.<\/p>\n

Only one in five EU residents say the bloc is better off without the UK, while 66 per cent want Sir Keir Starmer to bring us back into Europe.<\/p>\n

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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer delivers a speech in central London, backing the Budget to signal a fresh push on welfare reform.<\/p>\n

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Despite these overwhelmingly negative conclusions about Brexit, Brits are still divided over whether reentering the bloc would be wise.<\/p>\n

Half of voters would welcome a move to rejoin the EU, while 38 per cent say the UK should remain outside the union.<\/p>\n

Away from Brexit, Brits are pessimistic about the country\u2019s future, with 73 per cent agreeing with the statement \u201cthe country is not going in the right direction.\u201d<\/p>\n

Only 10 per cent of British voters agreed with the statement \u201clife will be better for the next generation\u201d – the lowest of any country surveyed.<\/p>\n

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Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage speaks during a press conference today.<\/p>\n

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In general, belief in democracy is falling both in Britain and abroad, with 27 per cent of voters feeling \u201cvoting makes no difference.\u201d<\/p>\n

12 per cent of Brits showed support for so-called strong men leaders who would \u201cdo away with elections.\u201d<\/p>\n

79 per cent of voters said they support democratically elected leaders instead.<\/p>\n

According to the poll, Gen Z voters are more likely to support authoritarian leaders at 18 per cent.<\/p>\n

These numbers were reflected across much of the West.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Most voters say warnings from the remain campaign, branded \u201cProject Fear\u201d by Nigel Farage at the time, have…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":679925,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5226],"tags":[802,748,2000,299,5187,1699,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-679924","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brexit","8":"tag-brexit","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-eu","11":"tag-europe","12":"tag-european","13":"tag-european-union","14":"tag-great-britain","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115853879528930136","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=679924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679924\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/679925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=679924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=679924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=679924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}