British fishermen catch over fifty different species but unfortunately, British taste buds are largely restricted to salmon, cod, tuna and prawns. So 70% of British-caught fish is exported, mostly to EU customers. When Britain leaves the EU, British fishermen fear they could lose free access to their biggest market.
‘I’m embarrassed to say I voted for Brexit’: Woman expresses regret over referendum choice
31/01/2023
“Brexit has made this country a lot poorer, people a lot more divided, but no-one wants to talk about it anymore.”
‘I’m angry with myself’: James O’Brien caller blames himself and Boris Johnson for voting for Brexit [4 mins]
31/01/2023
On the third anniversary of Britain’s departure from the European Union, this caller says he blames himself and Boris Johnson for voting to leave. / A James O’Brien caller expressed his regret over voting to leave the EU back in 2016.
Six years after the referendum, many Brexit supporters in Cheshire do not believe leaving the EU has delivered on their concerns.
“If there wasn’t any Brexit, there wouldn’t be any issues,” he said. “We were getting on fine before that.”
‘I was fed a lie’: Brexit-voting retiree misses fresh ricotta and €500-a-month Italian cottage
14/08/2023
Manchester resident, 68, says she was lied to by politicians and would vote Remain if she got a second chance.
‘I voted for Brexit and was told it wouldn’t affect expats – now I can’t live in my £13,000 Italian house’
28/07/2023
Greg Walter, from Winchester, says he feels betrayed as he and his partner are struggling to get visas to live in Italy. / A British couple in their sixties have bought a bargain €15,000 (£13,000) three-bedroom house in Italy for their retirement – but they cannot get a visa to live in it because of post-Brexit travel rules.
‘I made a huge mistake’: Brexit-voting Briton can’t get visa to live in his £43,000 Italian home
07/08/2023
A 35-year-old graphic designer from Bristol told i he wishes he could ‘turn back time and vote Remain’.
‘Greater pessimism’ about impact of Brexit, says pollster John Curtice. / Almost one in three Leave voters want the UK to have a closer post-Brexit relationship with the EU, new polling has found.
Almost seven years and four prime ministers since the U.K. voted to leave the European Union, polling suggests public sentiment has turned against Brexit.
Six and a half years after voting to leave the European Union, three years after the formal departure, two years after signing a post-Brexit trade deal with Brussels and one month after installing its fourth prime minister since the 2016 referendum, Britain is caught in – what else? – another debate over Brexit.
Brexit is three years old and less popular than ever. More people are unhappy with Brexit outcomes to date, and pessimistic about the gains to come today than at any point in the Brexit process so far. “Rejoin” has opened up a double-digit lead over staying out in polls asking voters how they would choose in a second referendum on EU membership.
Britons are twice as likely to say they are disappointed to have left the EU than pleased, an international survey has found.
British sentiment toward leaving the European Union appears to be changing. As the United Kingdom marks a year since its Brexit referendum vote, a new opinion poll shows that a majority now wants to stay. Special correspondent Malcolm Brabant gets a range of reactions as the country faces its independent future.
Those who have changed their mind are notably younger than those who still think it was right to vote to leave the EU.
Only a third of Leavers still see it as a success. So why won’t Starmer speak up?
KentLive conducted a straw poll in Dover of 50 people asking how they would vote if they could repeat 2016.
Voters in Boston – the place with the highest Leave vote in the UK – have expressed regret about backing Brexit.
Voters in Derbyshire Brexit heartland say they feel ‘lied to’ and things have got worse since crucial vote
08/01/2023
Voters in the area of Derbyshire that decided by the largest margin to leave the European Union in 2016 say they feel lied to by those who advocated Brexit, and life in the town has got worse since the referendum.
“I’m depressed. I’m properly, really depressed. I can’t sleep.”
A persistent majority of Britons think Brexit was a mistake, one of the UK's leading pollsters said Wednesday, forecasting near-certain defeat for the Conservatives at the next election.
However, disenchantment with Brexit has been one of the most notable trends of 2022 with a feeling that it has not lived up to the promises made at the time of the referendum. / Two thirds or 65% of British people think Brexit has gone badly compared to just 21% who think it has gone well according to an Opinium survey in early December.
According to a poll carried out by the Savanta data research group, more people in the UK believe Brexit has damaged the country's economy and influence on the world stage with indicators pointing towards a growing appetite for a second referendum on EU membership.
More than two years after Brexit, British fishermen are angry. They were promised more control over fishing rights in British waters, but what they’ve gotten is reduced income. Many of them voted Leave, but now they feel they’ve been let down.