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One in four Brexit voters believe they were misled by the Leave campaign

Boris Johnson campaigning in the EU referendum
Boris Johnson campaigning in the EU referendum

Matt Cardy / Getty

  • A quarter of Leave voters believe they were misled by the Brexit campaign.

  • Many voters believe they will be made worse off over the coming years as a result of the vote to leaves.

  • Opinium poll suggests Remain would win a second EU referendum.

  • However, appetite for another vote remains low.

LONDON — One-in-four people who voted for Brexit believe they were misled by the Leave campaign, with almost one-in-ten now saying they would vote to Remain instead if a second EU referendum was called.

Half of all voters now say the Leave campaign, which promised voters £350m a week extra for the NHS, was mostly or completely misleading, with 19% describing it as truthful.

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However, Theresa May's government has since repeatedly refused to commit themselves to the pledge.

Now 26% of all Leave voters say they were misled by the Brexit campaign, according to the new poll by Opinium.

If there were another EU referendum, how would you vote? (Opinium)

  • Remain: 47%

  • Leave: 44%

  • Don't know: 5%

The poll found that a significant number of voters have changed their mind since the referendum.

Among all those who expressed a preference, 52% of voters now say they would vote to Remain as opposed to 48% who would vote to Leave.

However, there is not yet overwhelming public demand for a second referendum. Just 39% said there should be another vote once the final terms of our exit have been negotiated, as opposed to 49% who said there shouldn't.

Worse off without EU

The poll found significant concern that Brexit will leave voters financially worse off over the coming years. 39% of all voters and even 23% of Leave voters said they expect to be worse off over the coming two years as a result of Brexit.

The public was more evenly split on the effect over the long term with 31% saying they would be better off after 10 years and 30% saying they believed they would be worse off.

The poll also found support for a softer form of Brexit, than that currently being pursued by Prime Minister May.

36% said they would be willing for freedom of movement to continue if it meant staying inside the single European market, with 31% saying they would be willing to leave the single market as a price for ending free movement.

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