{"id":870179,"date":"2026-04-03T21:40:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T21:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/870179\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T21:40:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T21:40:28","slug":"brits-would-overwhelmingly-back-rejoin-in-new-referendum-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/870179\/","title":{"rendered":"Brits would overwhelmingly back Rejoin in new referendum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brits would decisively support rejoining the European Union if a new referendum were held, according to polling from YouGov, with clear majorities emerging across all age groups \u2013 especially among younger voters.<\/p>\n<p>The survey from earlier this year finds that 63 per cent of the UK population would vote to rejoin the EU, compared with 37 per cent who would choose to remain outside the bloc. Support is even more pronounced among younger adults: 86 per cent of those aged 18\u201325 say they would back rejoining, with just 14 per cent preferring to stay out.<\/p>\n<p>Even among older voters \u2013 often seen as the demographic most supportive of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelondoneconomic.com\/tag\/brexit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brexit<\/a> \u2013 opinion appears to have shifted. Among those who are now retired, 60 per cent would vote to rejoin, compared with 40 per cent who would keep the UK outside the EU.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelondoneconomic.com\/news\/a-colossal-economic-shock-senior-economist-eviscerates-brexit-404735\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018A colossal economic shock\u2019 \u2013 senior economist eviscerates Brexit<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The findings come as the country approaches a symbolic milestone. It will soon be ten years since the 23 June 2016 referendum in which the UK voted 52 per cent to 48 per cent to leave the European Union, triggering years of political upheaval and economic debate.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Latest YouGov Brext Poll numbers<\/p>\n<p>From all the UK population <\/p>\n<p>63% \u2013 Rejoin EU<br \/>37% \u2013 Stay Out of EU<\/p>\n<p>Among the 18-25 demographic <\/p>\n<p>86% \u2013 Rejoin EU<br \/>14% \u2013 Stay Out of EU<\/p>\n<p>From those now retired<\/p>\n<p>60% \u2013 Rejoin EU<br \/>40% \u2013 Stay Out of EU<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RS Archer (@archer_rs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/archer_rs\/status\/2023351117200175473?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 16, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Since formally exiting the EU in 2020, polls have consistently suggested growing \u201cBregret\u201d among the public, with concerns over trade barriers, economic growth and freedom of movement frequently cited as reasons for changing views.<\/p>\n<p>The latest figures reinforce a widening generational divide, with younger Britons \u2013 many of whom were too young to vote in 2016 \u2013 now forming the strongest bloc in favour of closer ties with Europe.<\/p>\n<p>While there is currently no indication that a second referendum is imminent, the polling underscores how dramatically public opinion may have shifted in the decade since the original vote.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brits would decisively support rejoining the European Union if a new referendum were held, according to polling from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":769357,"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-870179","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\/116342949571566105","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/870179","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=870179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/870179\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/769357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=870179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=870179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=870179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}