Confidence in Brussels has shot up in latest sign of Brexit regret. / The British public has more confidence in the EU than the UK parliament, a new survey has found in a remarkable turnaround of a trend lasting decades.

David Davis suggested the turn in fortunes could be because the UK media have stopped “kicking Brussels all the time”.

Britons are twice as likely to say they are disappointed to have left the EU than pleased, an international survey has found.