This is an extract taken from the latest CakeWatch podcast episode where Chris interviewed Ayo, Dami, Sim and Emma Jane whilst they were in Brussels on 16th and 17th of October meeting MEPs as part of the 12 strong #RemainerNow delegation.

Five years ago Wednesday, Britons voted in a referendum that was meant to bring certainty to the U.K.’s unsettled relationship with its European neighbors, but it most certainly did not

The British government on Sunday denied a report that it is seeking a “Swiss-style” relationship with the European Union that would remove many of the economic barriers erected by Brexit — even as it tries to improve ties with the bloc after years of acrimony.

'Our perceptions as consumers is one where it is not as clear that the mood to diverge and certainly to de-regulate is perhaps as strong as the impression the government seem to be giving'

Professor Sir John Curtice said the vote six years ago had failed to settle the debate on whether the UK should be in the European Union.

rexit is still influencing constitutional issues in the UK, with ‘Remainers’ increasingly unhappy with and mistrusting the government, an event discussing the National Centre for Social Research’s (NatCen’s) British Social Attitudes report has heard.

Private equity veteran Guy Hands says Boris Johnson ‘threw the country and the NHS under the bus’.

‘The project is probably now unsalvageable’, says former PM’s old employer. / The Conservatives have made such a “hash” of Brexit that the project is probably “unsalvageable”, according to Boris Johnson’s favourite newspaper.

The latest annual British Social Attitudes survey throws the spotlight on rising nationalism in both Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Public opinion shifted against Brexit after a deluge of damning evidence on economic costs.

Six years after the UK voted to leave the EU, and two years since we officially left the trading bloc, Brexit has reared its head yet again this week.

The YouGov poll comes after EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the UK should rejoin the EU to "fix" Brexit.

Steady ‘erosion’ in support for Brexit amid economic gloom, says Prof John Curtice.

Brexit may have been a reality for more than a year, with most opposition politicians reluctant to talk about it anymore, but that does not mean that it has broad public acceptance in the UK.

Seven years after the EU Referendum, Brexit is finding it increasingly difficult to retain its 2016 supporters let alone recruit new ones

Numbers wishing to rejoin EU steadily growing over past year, while parties maintain silence. / Polling evidence over the past year suggests that the 2016 Brexit referendum has failed to deliver a “permanent settlement” to the Brexit debate, polling guru Sir John Curtice has said.

On trade, finance, migration, food standards and more, the UK suffers fresh ignominy on a daily basis.

The tide in Britain appears to have turned since the 2016 Brexit referendum. / According to a new poll, only 43% of the British population consider that the UK's departure from the European Union was a good decision, while 57% believe it was a mistake.

A “RECORD high” number of people believe Brexit was a mistake, according to the latest polling.

THE UK’s leading election expert has predicted Brexit could provide the crucial moment for renewing the drive for indyref2 in the wake of the coronavirus crisis.

IN-DEPTH research reveals what the UK thinks about Brexit, five years after the referendum — and it's not good for Boris Johnson.

RECENT polls have suggested that opinion on independence versus staying in the UK is split almost 50:50. And once Boris Johnson and a possible "no-deal" Brexit are added into the mix, support for independence moves into the lead.

Brexit is an existential threat to Conservatism. When it fails, the party will need to ask itself some searching questions.

An increasingly large majority of Brits now think Brexit was a mistake, new polling suggests. / After years of wrangling an exit deal with the EU and the ongoing Northern Ireland Protocol dispute, 57% of the country now believes leaving the bloc was an error.

Brexit means Boris Johnson’s argument against Indyref2 – that it was a ‘once in a generation’ vote – is ‘no longer effective’.

Just a third of people who voted to leave the European Union in 2016 now think Brexit was a success, according to a new poll.

New polling has shown the levels of Brexit regret in the country has increased again.

Sir John Curtice warns Boris Johnson that "the pursuit of Brexit is indeed costing you support in Scotland".

Brexit now considered a mistake by significant majority of the population as UK’s economic fortunes fade.

Economic problems driving support for reversing Brexit ‘mistake’. / Britons would now vote to rejoin the EU in a second referendum by a record 14-point margin, a new poll has found.

Salmond row has ‘not made much difference’ to independence support, polling expert Sir John Curtice says.

HELENSBURGH, Scotland (Reuters) - James Henderson has spent most of his life fiercely opposed to Scottish independence. Now, reluctantly he is backing it.

“The truth is that Brexit is now probably less popular than it has been at any point since June 2016.” / Polling expert Sir John Curtis has said the 2016 Brexit referendum has failed to deliver a “permanent settlement” on the matter of Britain’s membership of the European Union.

Even after years of division and vitriol, it seems like Britain still needs to talk about Brexit. / More than six years after voting to leave the European Union, the UK is facing a prolonged recession and a deep cost-of-living crisis. Last week’s Autumn Statement heralded years of higher taxes and cuts to public spending.

Many who voted for the UK's exit from the EU now want back in, according to polls.

Boris Johnson’s Trumpian remarks on the “deep state” will almost certainly have a destructive effect on British democracy.

Being in the EU is the more popular option in polls now, writes John Curtice, because those who did not or could not vote in 2016 – such as younger people – support rejoining by more than three to one. / On average in the polls, more than 80 per cent of those 18- to 24-year-olds (nearly all of whom were too young in 2016) who express a referendum preference say they would vote to join the EU.

A future leader will need to confront Brexiters in the same way Blair faced down the hard left over clause 4.

A surge in support for rejoining the EU means the debate on Brexit is far from over, according to the UK’s most-respected pollster, Adam Bienkov reports.

It is now two years since the UK left the EU single market and customs union ... However, there is no guarantee that the popularity of a policy will survive its implementation. And it appears that Brexit has not survived the test of time at all well so far as voters’ evaluations of its success are concerned.

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.

The survey, fieldwork for which was conducted last year, found 52% of people said Scotland should be governed as an independent country.

BRITAIN'S leading polling expert has told The National that Unionists are “clearly on the back foot in the constitutional debate" after three polls in the space of a week showed rising support for independence.

Brexiteers cannot assume that their success of seven years ago is necessarily the final word on the matter.

‘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.