Majority of voters want Theresa May to delay Brexit, exclusive Independent poll finds

A majority of the nation need Theresa May to delay Brexit, based on a brand new ballot launched forward of a recent Commons showdown over her exit technique.

With lower than seven weeks till exit day, the unique survey for The Unbiased discovered 53 per cent of voters would help suspending Britain’s departure from the European Union, opening the door to a second referendum or additional talks with Brussels.

The ballot comes as Labour chief Jeremy Corbyn sought to quell anger amongst his personal MPs by stressing {that a} Closing Say vote was nonetheless on the desk.

A number of cupboard ministers have overtly mooted extending Article 50 for a brief interval to get essential laws by means of the Commons, amid a rising realisation {that a} brief delay could also be inevitable.

The ballot by BMG Analysis discovered that the general public additionally favoured a delay, presumably to arrange for a second referendum, whereas 33 per cent would again a no-deal exit, even when it hits the financial system, and 14 per cent didn’t know.

The ballot discovered practically half (49 per cent) believed a no-deal Brexit could be an financial disaster that will do lasting harm to the nation. Some 28 per cent disagreed with the assertion.

Requested if they’d help a last vote, whether or not a deal is reached or not, 50 per cent backed the concept, whereas 32 per cent opposed it.

Greater than 1 million individuals have backed The Unbiased’s marketing campaign for a Final Say referendum on the prime minister’s Brexit deal, with a whole lot of 1000’s of protesters taking to the streets final 12 months.

MPs are bracing for a Valentine’s Day conflict over Ms Could’s Brexit plan, because the prime minister scrambles to interrupt the deadlock over the divisive Irish backstop.

Ms Could held talks in Belfast, Brussels and Dublin this week after MPs ordered her to ditch the mechanism, which acts as an insurance coverage coverage towards a tough border on the island of Eire.

The EU has repeatedly mentioned it is not going to renegotiate the Brexit deal that took 18 months to safe.

The BMG ballot confirmed the bulk (53 per cent) believed she is going to fail to win the concessions she must get the deal by means of parliament, with solely 22 per cent saying she would achieve success.

If Ms Could can’t carry a revised deal again to parliament then she should desk a movement on Valentine’s Day, permitting the Commons a recent likelihood to grab management of the Brexit course of.

MPs are poised to launch a recent bid to thwart a no-deal exit after the unique plan led by Labour MP Yvette Cooper and Tory Nick Boles was defeated within the Commons final month.

The Unbiased understands {that a} new model of the bid has been drawn as much as prolong Article 50 to stop a disorderly exit in March.

Nevertheless senior cross-party MPs concerned within the challenge are mentioned to be ready to see what the prime minister brings to parliament subsequent week earlier than deciding to behave.

In the meantime, a separate group of Tory ex-cabinet ministers has warned Ms Could that the “monumental” issues together with her Brexit plan can’t be solved by “cursory tweaks”.

Professional-EU Conservative Nicky Morgan and Brexiteers Iain Duncan Smith and Owen Paterson, who’re in talks to search out an alternative choice to the backstop, mentioned the measure was “merely by no means going to go the Commons” in its present kind.

Lawyer normal Geoffrey Cox has been main work inside Whitehall on securing both a time restrict on the backstop or giving the UK an exit mechanism from it.

Each proposals have been rejected by Dublin, which insists the backstop can’t be time-limited whether it is to supply an efficient insurance coverage coverage towards a tough border on the island of Eire.

BMG Analysis interviewed a consultant pattern of 1,503 British adults on-line between four and 8 February. Information is weighted. BMG is a member of the British Polling Council and abides by its guidelines

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