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Sorry to say, but the UK's numbers are not as rosy as some would like to believe. Yes, a stable majority of people would now vote to rejoin (& a larger one would opt for "joining the Single Market") but once the question of "Free Movement" is directly raised those numbers slide. 1/
Ben Evans
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2025-06-14 08:48:45 UTC
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