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When asked to choose between immigration control and single market access, more people wanted to retain single market at the cost of immigration controls than t
by pherq 10y ago
When asked to choose between immigration control and single market access, more people wanted to retain single market at the cost of immigration controls than the converse.
Source: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/dont-control-eu-immigration-at-the-expense-of-losing-single-market-access-poll-brexit-europe-7127626.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/dont-control-e...
- mpweiher 10y agoEspecially since leaving the EU only affects EU immigration, which people are generally much less worried about. Non-EU immigration, which is what people really worry about, is largely independent of EU membership.
- gotofritz 10y agoI am not sure about this, in certain areas people are really worried about Eastern Europeans, particularly Poles (google "polish vermin brexit"), and Farage did speak often of sending Italians and Spaniards back home.
- gutnor 10y agoThat changes depending on the polls. One more recent: http://lordashcroftpolls.com/2016/09/the-new-blueprint/ http://lordashcroftpolls.com/2016/09/the-new-blueprint/ has the majority of people placing immigration as a priority over the single market.