Great Britain Eight years after the EU referendum: Tories campaign on Brexit
On the eighth anniversary of the British vote to leave the EU, the Conservative governing party is once again trying to use the issue for its election campaign. "Our country voted decisively for Brexit," said a Tory campaign post on X shortly before the anniversary. This was despite the fact that the referendum on June 23, 2016, was a very close 52% to 48%.
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The decision had been implemented by the Conservative government, while Labour leader Keir Starmer had tried to reverse it, it continued. The slogan: "We deliver, Keir hesitates."
Majority of Britons want to return to the EU
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Conservatives are lagging far behind the Labor opposition in the polls for the general election on 4 July.
However, it is doubtful whether they will be able to score points in the election campaign with the issue of Brexit. Meanwhile, the average of all polls shows that a majority of Britons (57%) are in favor of rejoining the EU.
At the last general election in 2019, when leaving the EU had not yet been finalized, the then Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson managed to win a solid majority in parliament with the campaign slogan "Get Brexit Done" (roughly: "Let's get Brexit done"). Since then, however, the wind has changed. The Tories are heading for a historic defeat.
