UK Remainers may take a crumb of comfort as Prime Minister Boris Johnson, elected on a promise to 'Get Brexit Done', sees his poll support dive after a string of scandals.
Flags of the Union Jack and European Union are seen ahead of the meeting of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, in Brussels, Belgium December 9, 2020. Olivier Hoslet/Pool via REUTERSPandemic, Johnson woes drown out Brexit debateLONDON, Dec 14 - UK Remainers may take a crumb of comfort as Prime Minister Boris Johnson, elected on a promise to "Get Brexit Done", sees his poll support dive after a string of scandals.
That was not enough to prevent a narrow 52-48% majority for Leave resulting in a "hard Brexit" that took Britain out of the customs union and single market. Even the initial bounce Brexit gave to public support for independence in heavily pro-Remain Scotland has faded as voters there started to question whether splitting from England would really mean a quick re-entry into the EU.
"Labour has accepted Brexit and to be honest, I understand why. It's happened - face reality," said Luke Sandford, 26, who in 2016 joined a London anti-Brexit group, attended marches and helped at Remain HQ before leaving for Sweden two years ago.Indeed, surveys show the collapse in Johnson's ratings owes less to Brexit than to doubts over his trustworthiness and leadership, including allegations his office partied during a 2020 lockdown when festivities were banned.
"Meanwhile the left, the progressives, the Remainers, the internationalists – whatever word you want to use to describe the other end of the spectrum - are fragmented across three, four, sometimes more parties," she said. While grassroots Labour supporters backed such a move at this year's conference, a motion to that effect failed amid resistance from trade unions and after failing to win clear backing from the party leadership.
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