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We Might Have Found the Least-Hated Brexit Option
Theresa May’s much-disparaged plan might be the one most Brits could at least stomach.
Some cold comfort for Theresa May.
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It’s hard to tell if this will make Theresa May feel better or worse: Her Brexit plan, which just received an historic thrashing in parliament, also happens to be the one path forward that most Brits can tolerate. In a new poll by Number Cruncher Politics, May’s deal was the least-popular of three possible Brexit outcomes, notes the polling site’s head Matt Singh:
Weirdly, though, when Number Cruncher Politics asked voters which outcome they could most likely stomach, even if it wasn’t their favorite, May’s plan edged rival outcomes, with the lowest percentage of people saying they’d find it unacceptable: