Brexiteers face an uphill fight as a poll finds 56% would vote to rejoin the EU after Burnham's push
Prime Minister Andy Burnham, who has expressed a desire to see Britain back in the EU "in his lifetime," with his wife Marie-France van Heel at a Diwali celebration at 10 Downing Street.A data graphic showing 73 per cent of under-35s backing EU membership, a figure former Labour leader Neil Kinnock called evidence of "continually growing support" that will only expand.
An Ipsos poll found that 56% of Britons would now vote to rejoin the EU, up four points since May, while just 30% want to stay out — the sharpest gap recorded since Burnham made EU re-entry central to his premiership. The survey, the largest of its kind since Burnham opened the door to full membership, comes ahead of the PM's EU-UK summit in Brussels on November 20.
Among likely voters the split widens to 63-34 in favour of rejoining, with 73% of under-35s backing a return to the bloc.
A separate BMG poll put rejoiners 13 points ahead, at 48% to 35%, after a three-point swing in a single month.
Even so, 76% of Reform voters and 54% of former Tory voters want to stay out, meaning Burnham faces a bitter fight if he seeks a mandate to reverse Brexit.
