More than six in ten voters believe Brexit According to an annual poll of the United Kingdom, one year after the United Kingdom left the European Union, the situation was either worse than they expected or worse than they expected. Observer.
Opinium survey-released a week later Lord Frost, Secretary of State for Brexit, resigns The report from the Boris Johnson government also found that 42% of those who voted for Brexit in 2016 had a negative view of the results of Brexit so far.
26% of vacation supporters said the situation was worse than they expected, while 16% of voting supporters said Brexit Said they expected it to be bad and proved to be correct.
Among those who voted to stay in Europe, 86% said the situation was worse or worse than they expected. Overall, only 14% of voters said that Brexit was progressing better than expected.
Opinium’s Adam Drummond said the most striking finding is that Brexitists are now more hesitant about the benefits of Brexit than before.
“For most of the time in the Brexit process, you will ask a question that can be boiled down to’is Brexit good or bad?'” You will make all the Remains say’bad’, all the stays in the EU Pie said’OK’ and these will cancel each other out,” he said.
“What we see now is that a few leavers say things are going badly, or at least worse than they expected. Although 59% of the voters who stayed in Europe say, “I expect it to get very bad and think it’s already It happened”, but only 17% of Brexit voters said, “I expect it to go well and think it has already happened.”
“Only 7% of the Remains believe that Brexit is progressing better than expected, while 26% of the Remains believe that the situation is worse than expected. Therefore, unlike two completely opposed groups, the Remains group is still in progress. On the terrible issue of Brexit, the UK is generally united, and leaving the bloc is even more divided.”
The poll was conducted before the introduction on January 1 Comprehensive customs inspection Regarding goods exported from the EU to the UK, business leaders believe that as costs and paperwork increase, this may prevent some smaller operators (such as food exporters) from supplying UK retailers. More inspections of food imports will follow from midsummer.
Shane Brennan, CEO of Cold Chain Alliance, said that he expects many Problems faced by small British companies exporting to the EU in the past year, Especially because of the increase in the cost of small-value delivery due to the new charges, now it will face people who send small-value professional goods from the EU to the UK in another way.
He warned that this could lead to a decrease in the supply of specialty foods from continental Europe to UK stores. “Small traders can choose to find a way to reduce the number of sending, or not send at all,” Brennan said. “For many businesses, you can’t justify sending a truckload of fresh food every day or a week, so you won’t do that. The end result is that there are fewer varieties of fresh, high-quality professional products on the shelves from outside the UK. area.”
Dominic Goudi, head of international trade at the Food and Beverage Federation, responded to his concerns, saying: “With the emergence of new trade barriers, companies will inevitably encounter problems at the border. Under circumstances, this may cause serious obstacles and may completely prevent EU suppliers from delivering, at least temporarily, while companies must adapt to new requirements or reorganize their supply chains.
“For the just-in-time supply chain, this poses a real risk, which may disrupt the operation of the UK supply chain. In this case, vital components are delayed or unreachable. This delay may also lead to Some other ingredients cannot be used.”
