“Brexit could be like getting a tattoo when you’re young. When you get older, you might regret it.”
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Over the next nine weeks, Lord Ashcroft Polls will visit every region of the country to find out what undecided voters are thinking about it.
Yet it would not quite be true to say that nothing has changed. The precedent that has now been set on publishing tax returns could do more harm than good.
For the last in my series of Europe-wide focus groups, we venture to two countries outside the EU.
Without Britain, “We would be left with Germany doing whatever they want, without control. It would be a totally German union.”
“The UK is fighting for its citizens and rights. If every country was doing that it wouldn’t be possible to negotiate anything!”
Ireland is one of the EU’s most popular members – and one of the most keenly opposed to Brexit.
Cameron has been in his element in recent days, but the manoeuvering in Brussels has highlighted the risks of remaining.
Overall, six in ten respondents throughout the EU said they would prefer the UK to remain a member.
For some, a Leave vote in Britain would raise questions about their own country’s position: “If they go, we should leave too”.
“The Brits would be happier outside. But we don’t want them to leave.”
A new series of focus groups offers an insight into the view from ‘new Europe’.
I can refute the charge of deliberate herding from my own experience.
Of all the areas of debate, perhaps the most confusing in this respect was the single market (indeed several people were not really sure what this term even meant).