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57% of Britons said the decision to leave the European Union in 2016 was the wrong one, compared with 32% who thought it was correct.
More than half - 55% - said they would vote to remain in the EU, against 31% who said they would stay out, if the referendum were to be held again.
It’ll be interesting to see what happens after labour wins.
If I’m not mistaken, brexit should allow them to more easily nationalise stuff like railways or public utilities (water, gas, …).
Of course, that’s exactly the kind of thing many right wing brexit voters hate, but it’ll be interesting to see if that’s now become possible.
I seriously doubt current labour would be doing much nationalising.
With a broken country where would they get the cash from. Nationalising is an expensive thing to do.
There is nothing to stop them from running a nationalised rail service under EU law. This is something that Mick Lynch likes to use to vindicate the way he told his members to vote for Brexit. https://theconversation.com/fact-check-do-new-eu-rules-make-it-impossible-to-renationalise-railways-61180
Interestingly last week the EU relaxed their state aid rules. It’s just an ongoing disaster