About Half of ‘Leave’ Voters Unwilling to Take a Brexit Hit
- Poll shows 51% of all voters not amenable to being worse off
- Ex-Labour leader predicts ‘almighty backlash’ from voters
London on the day before brexit referendum.
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Almost half of British voters who opted to leave the European Union are unwilling to take a financial hit to see Brexit through, according to a survey released Sunday by a pro-EU campaign group.
The poll found that 49 percent of “Leave” voters aren’t willing to lose any money, while 11 percent said they would be willing to give up 100 pounds ($126) or more a month. The remaining 40 percent said they would not be willing to sacrifice more than 50 pounds a month, according to the poll commissioned by Open Britain, a successor to the “Remain” campaign that’s now lobbying to soften the terms of the U.K.’s EU divorce.