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Calculated Shard: 181 (from laksa066)

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curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa181.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.businessinsider.com/european-election-results-uk-regrets-brexit-votes-remain-2019-5\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.businessinsider.com/european-election-results-uk-regrets-brexit-votes-remain-2019-5\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

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{"found_url":"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/european-election-results-uk-regrets-brexit-votes-remain-2019-5","crawl_time":1776056082,"first_indexed_time":1558955199,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"com,businessinsider!www,\/european-election-results-uk-regrets-brexit-votes-remain-2019-5 s443","src_root_hash":"15170859634011428381","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"European Election Results: UK Regrets Brexit, Votes Remain - Business Insider","meta_descriptions":["Statistics from the European election results in the UK show that Remain would have won, easily, if this had been a \"proxy\" referendum on Brexit."],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"Nigel Farage's Brexit Party came first in the UK European elections, but Remain-leaning parties gathered more votes.\nREUTERS\/Joshua Roberts\nMay 27, 2019, 10:23 AM GMT\nStatistics from the European election results in the UK suggest that Remain would have won, easily, if this had been a \"proxy\" referendum on Britain's membership in the European Union.\nNigel Farage's Brexit Party and Brexit supporters inside the Conservative Party are now likely to fight tooth and nail against a second referendum — they know they will lose.\nThere is an obvious strategic advantage for Labour if it were to now pivot in favor of a second vote.\nReacting to\nthe UK's European election results\nMonday morning, Labour's Jeremy Corbyn said:\n\"These elections became a proxy second referendum\n. Over the coming days we will have conversations across our party and movement and reflect on these results on both sides of the Brexit divide.\"\nLet's take him at his word.\nIf this really had been a second referendum on Britain's membership in the European Union, what would the results have been?\nThese charts show that Remain would have won, easily, despite the Brexit Party's victory.\nOur first chart shows vote totals for all the major parties. I have grouped them into bundles of \"Remain\" voters on the left and \"Leave\" voters on the right. All the parties except for Labour and Conservative had solid Remain or Leave positions.\nOnly the Conservatives and Labour went into the elections with compromise positions, the Conservatives favoring Prime Minister Theresa May's withdrawal agreement and Labour favoring a softer Brexit that keeps Britain more closely tied to the European Union's single market.\nTo account for those compromise positions — and with the assumption that most Labour voters oppose Brexit and most Conservatives support it — I broke out the Remain-Leave totals both with and without the main parties.\nNo matter which way you cut it, a clear majority of voters in this election went for Remain-oriented parties:\nBI\nIf the totals were presented as a binary choice in a second referendum, the result would have been:\nRemain: 55.3%\nLeave: 44.7%\nThat's a 10-point majority favoring Remain. In total, the Remain bloc won 9.3 million votes while the Leave contingent brought in 7 million.\nBI\nThis is not wishful thinking. The results underscore the monthly averages of tracking polls taken by YouGov since the 2016 Brexit referendum.\nYouGov polls show a majority of Brits think Brexit was the wrong decision\nPantheon Macroeconomics\nWhat does all this mean?\nTwo things: Nigel Farage's Brexit Party may have placed first in Sunday night's results, but Britain is a solid Remain-leaning country. A second referendum would now seem likely to reverse the Brexit decision — so expect Farage and the hardline Brexiteers inside the Conservative Party to resist a \"people's vote\" or a \"confirmatory vote\" tooth and nail. They know they will lose if that vote takes place.\nAs for Corbyn and Labour, the party's pro-Brexit position is costing it votes. It finished third in last week's vote after a strong showing from the pro-Remain Liberal Democrats. Its European vote is now almost on par with the Green Party — a previously unthinkable proposition. A Labour pivot to outright support for a second referendum could shore up the Remain vote and — if delivered — land a crushing blow on the Conservatives.\nFrom a purely strategic point of view, that prospect must now look tempting to Corbyn.\nRead more:\nHow Europeans' household net worth is 'now exclusively driven' by negative interest rates\nItaly's 'perma-recession' could trigger a €2 trillion financial crisis that threatens the eurozone itself\nThe price of Brexit has been £66 billion so far, plus an impending recession — and it hasn't even started yet\nThe closer we get to Brexit, the more solid the majority against it is\nPolls show Brexit regret is so strong that 'Remain' would win a second referendum by 9 points\nOur Brexit Insider Facebook group is the best place for up-to-date news and analysis about Britain’s departure from the EU, direct from Business Insider’s political reporters. 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REUTERS\/Joshua Roberts\n\nMay 27, 2019, 10:23 AM GMT\n\nShare\n\nCopy link\n\n[Email](<mailto:?subject=Britain regrets Brexit: European election results show a solid majority for Remain&body=Britain%20regrets%20Brexit%3A%20European%20election%20results%20show%20a%20solid%20majority%20for%20Remain%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.businessinsider.com%2Feuropean-election-results-uk-regrets-brexit-votes-remain-2019-5&> \"Email\")\n\nFacebook\n\nWhatsApp\n\nX\n\nLinkedIn\n\nBluesky\n\nThreads\n\nAn icon in the shape of a lightning bolt.\n\nImpact Link\n\nSave Saved\n\n[Read in app](https:\/\/insider-app.onelink.me\/4cpG\/?af_js_web=true&af_ss_ver=2_3_0&af_dp=insider%3A%2F%2Fbi%2Fpost%2Feuropean-election-results-uk-regrets-brexit-votes-remain-2019-5&af_force_deeplink=true&is_retargeting=true&deep_link_value=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.businessinsider.com%2Feuropean-election-results-uk-regrets-brexit-votes-remain-2019-5&pid=businessinsider&c=post_page_share_bar_v2_smart_4.13.23 \"Download the app\")\n\n- **Statistics from the European election results in the UK suggest that Remain would have won, easily, if this had been a \"proxy\" referendum on Britain's membership in the European Union.**\n- **Nigel Farage's Brexit Party and Brexit supporters inside the Conservative Party are now likely to fight tooth and nail against a second referendum — they know they will lose.**\n- **There is an obvious strategic advantage for Labour if it were to now pivot in favor of a second vote.**\n\n![Opinion banner](https:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/image\/5b509f2d260a2919008b479a-1201\/opinion-banner.png)\n\nReacting to [the UK's European election results](https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/european-election-results-brexit-party-nigel-farage-wins-conservatives-collapse-2019-5) Monday morning, Labour's Jeremy Corbyn said: [\"These elections became a proxy second referendum](https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/european-election-results-brexit-party-nigel-farage-wins-conservatives-collapse-2019-5). Over the coming days we will have conversations across our party and movement and reflect on these results on both sides of the Brexit divide.\"\n\nLet's take him at his word.\n\nIf this really had been a second referendum on Britain's membership in the European Union, what would the results have been?\n\nThese charts show that Remain would have won, easily, despite the Brexit Party's victory.\n\nOur first chart shows vote totals for all the major parties. I have grouped them into bundles of \"Remain\" voters on the left and \"Leave\" voters on the right. All the parties except for Labour and Conservative had solid Remain or Leave positions.\n\nOnly the Conservatives and Labour went into the elections with compromise positions, the Conservatives favoring Prime Minister Theresa May's withdrawal agreement and Labour favoring a softer Brexit that keeps Britain more closely tied to the European Union's single market.\n\nTo account for those compromise positions — and with the assumption that most Labour voters oppose Brexit and most Conservatives support it — I broke out the Remain-Leave totals both with and without the main parties.\n\n## No matter which way you cut it, a clear majority of voters in this election went for Remain-oriented parties:\n![1 UK European election votes grouped by Leave Remain tendency](https:\/\/i.insider.com\/5cece33ef2f4794aed368cbf?width=500&format=jpeg&auto=webp)\n\nBI\n## If the totals were presented as a binary choice in a second referendum, the result would have been:\n- Remain: 55.3%\n- Leave: 44.7%\n\nThat's a 10-point majority favoring Remain. In total, the Remain bloc won 9.3 million votes while the Leave contingent brought in 7 million.\n\n![On Brexit, there is a 10 point majority favouring Remain](https:\/\/i.insider.com\/5cebbafe4cf2704de855c9e2?width=500&format=jpeg&auto=webp)\n\nBI\n\nThis is not wishful thinking. The results underscore the monthly averages of tracking polls taken by YouGov since the 2016 Brexit referendum.\n\n## YouGov polls show a majority of Brits think Brexit was the wrong decision\n![brexit](https:\/\/i.insider.com\/5cebbafe4cf2704de855c9e3?width=500&format=jpeg&auto=webp)\n\nPantheon Macroeconomics\n\nWhat does all this mean?\n\nTwo things: Nigel Farage's Brexit Party may have placed first in Sunday night's results, but Britain is a solid Remain-leaning country. A second referendum would now seem likely to reverse the Brexit decision — so expect Farage and the hardline Brexiteers inside the Conservative Party to resist a \"people's vote\" or a \"confirmatory vote\" tooth and nail. They know they will lose if that vote takes place.\n\nAs for Corbyn and Labour, the party's pro-Brexit position is costing it votes. It finished third in last week's vote after a strong showing from the pro-Remain Liberal Democrats. Its European vote is now almost on par with the Green Party — a previously unthinkable proposition. 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REUTERS\/Joshua Roberts\n\nMay 27, 2019, 10:23 AM GMT\n\n- **Statistics from the European election results in the UK suggest that Remain would have won, easily, if this had been a \"proxy\" referendum on Britain's membership in the European Union.**\n- **Nigel Farage's Brexit Party and Brexit supporters inside the Conservative Party are now likely to fight tooth and nail against a second referendum — they know they will lose.**\n- **There is an obvious strategic advantage for Labour if it were to now pivot in favor of a second vote.**\n\n![Opinion banner](https:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/image\/5b509f2d260a2919008b479a-1201\/opinion-banner.png)\n\nReacting to [the UK's European election results](https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/european-election-results-brexit-party-nigel-farage-wins-conservatives-collapse-2019-5) Monday morning, Labour's Jeremy Corbyn said: [\"These elections became a proxy second referendum](https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/european-election-results-brexit-party-nigel-farage-wins-conservatives-collapse-2019-5). Over the coming days we will have conversations across our party and movement and reflect on these results on both sides of the Brexit divide.\"\n\nLet's take him at his word.\n\nIf this really had been a second referendum on Britain's membership in the European Union, what would the results have been?\n\nThese charts show that Remain would have won, easily, despite the Brexit Party's victory.\n\nOur first chart shows vote totals for all the major parties. I have grouped them into bundles of \"Remain\" voters on the left and \"Leave\" voters on the right. All the parties except for Labour and Conservative had solid Remain or Leave positions.\n\nOnly the Conservatives and Labour went into the elections with compromise positions, the Conservatives favoring Prime Minister Theresa May's withdrawal agreement and Labour favoring a softer Brexit that keeps Britain more closely tied to the European Union's single market.\n\nTo account for those compromise positions — and with the assumption that most Labour voters oppose Brexit and most Conservatives support it — I broke out the Remain-Leave totals both with and without the main parties.\n\n## No matter which way you cut it, a clear majority of voters in this election went for Remain-oriented parties:\n![1 UK European election votes grouped by Leave Remain tendency](https:\/\/i.insider.com\/5cece33ef2f4794aed368cbf?width=500&format=jpeg&auto=webp)\n\nBI\n## If the totals were presented as a binary choice in a second referendum, the result would have been:\n- Remain: 55.3%\n- Leave: 44.7%\n\nThat's a 10-point majority favoring Remain. In total, the Remain bloc won 9.3 million votes while the Leave contingent brought in 7 million.\n\n![On Brexit, there is a 10 point majority favouring Remain](https:\/\/i.insider.com\/5cebbafe4cf2704de855c9e2?width=500&format=jpeg&auto=webp)\n\nBI\n\nThis is not wishful thinking. The results underscore the monthly averages of tracking polls taken by YouGov since the 2016 Brexit referendum.\n\n## YouGov polls show a majority of Brits think Brexit was the wrong decision\n![brexit](https:\/\/i.insider.com\/5cebbafe4cf2704de855c9e3?width=500&format=jpeg&auto=webp)\n\nPantheon Macroeconomics\n\nWhat does all this mean?\n\nTwo things: Nigel Farage's Brexit Party may have placed first in Sunday night's results, but Britain is a solid Remain-leaning country. A second referendum would now seem likely to reverse the Brexit decision — so expect Farage and the hardline Brexiteers inside the Conservative Party to resist a \"people's vote\" or a \"confirmatory vote\" tooth and nail. They know they will lose if that vote takes place.\n\nAs for Corbyn and Labour, the party's pro-Brexit position is costing it votes. It finished third in last week's vote after a strong showing from the pro-Remain Liberal Democrats. Its European vote is now almost on par with the Green Party — a previously unthinkable proposition. A Labour pivot to outright support for a second referendum could shore up the Remain vote and — if delivered — land a crushing blow on the Conservatives.\n\nFrom a purely strategic point of view, that prospect must now look tempting to Corbyn.\n\n- Read more:\n- [How Europeans' household net worth is 'now exclusively driven' by negative interest rates](https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/negative-interest-rates-europe-property-prices-2019-5)\n- [Italy's 'perma-recession' could trigger a €2 trillion financial crisis that threatens the eurozone itself](https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/italy-perma-recession-systemic-crisis-threatens-eurozone-2019-4)\n- [The price of Brexit has been £66 billion so far, plus an impending recession — and it hasn't even started yet](https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/price-of-brexit-66-billion-recession-2019-4)\n- [The closer we get to Brexit, the more solid the majority against it is](https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/brexit-polls-leave-remain-second-referendum-vote-2019-3)\n- [Polls show Brexit regret is so strong that 'Remain' would win a second referendum by 9 points](https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/yougov-poll-brexit-regret-remain-second-referendum-2019-2)\n\nOur Brexit Insider Facebook group is the best place for up-to-date news and analysis about Britain’s departure from the EU, direct from Business Insider’s political reporters. 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Boilerpipe Text	Nigel Farage's Brexit Party came first in the UK European elections, but Remain-leaning parties gathered more votes. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts May 27, 2019, 10:23 AM GMT Statistics from the European election results in the UK suggest that Remain would have won, easily, if this had been a "proxy" referendum on Britain's membership in the European Union. Nigel Farage's Brexit Party and Brexit supporters inside the Conservative Party are now likely to fight tooth and nail against a second referendum — they know they will lose. There is an obvious strategic advantage for Labour if it were to now pivot in favor of a second vote. Reacting to the UK's European election results Monday morning, Labour's Jeremy Corbyn said: "These elections became a proxy second referendum . Over the coming days we will have conversations across our party and movement and reflect on these results on both sides of the Brexit divide." Let's take him at his word. If this really had been a second referendum on Britain's membership in the European Union, what would the results have been? These charts show that Remain would have won, easily, despite the Brexit Party's victory. Our first chart shows vote totals for all the major parties. I have grouped them into bundles of "Remain" voters on the left and "Leave" voters on the right. All the parties except for Labour and Conservative had solid Remain or Leave positions. Only the Conservatives and Labour went into the elections with compromise positions, the Conservatives favoring Prime Minister Theresa May's withdrawal agreement and Labour favoring a softer Brexit that keeps Britain more closely tied to the European Union's single market. To account for those compromise positions — and with the assumption that most Labour voters oppose Brexit and most Conservatives support it — I broke out the Remain-Leave totals both with and without the main parties. No matter which way you cut it, a clear majority of voters in this election went for Remain-oriented parties: BI If the totals were presented as a binary choice in a second referendum, the result would have been: Remain: 55.3% Leave: 44.7% That's a 10-point majority favoring Remain. In total, the Remain bloc won 9.3 million votes while the Leave contingent brought in 7 million. BI This is not wishful thinking. The results underscore the monthly averages of tracking polls taken by YouGov since the 2016 Brexit referendum. YouGov polls show a majority of Brits think Brexit was the wrong decision Pantheon Macroeconomics What does all this mean? Two things: Nigel Farage's Brexit Party may have placed first in Sunday night's results, but Britain is a solid Remain-leaning country. A second referendum would now seem likely to reverse the Brexit decision — so expect Farage and the hardline Brexiteers inside the Conservative Party to resist a "people's vote" or a "confirmatory vote" tooth and nail. They know they will lose if that vote takes place. As for Corbyn and Labour, the party's pro-Brexit position is costing it votes. It finished third in last week's vote after a strong showing from the pro-Remain Liberal Democrats. Its European vote is now almost on par with the Green Party — a previously unthinkable proposition. A Labour pivot to outright support for a second referendum could shore up the Remain vote and — if delivered — land a crushing blow on the Conservatives. From a purely strategic point of view, that prospect must now look tempting to Corbyn. Read more: How Europeans' household net worth is 'now exclusively driven' by negative interest rates Italy's 'perma-recession' could trigger a €2 trillion financial crisis that threatens the eurozone itself The price of Brexit has been £66 billion so far, plus an impending recession — and it hasn't even started yet The closer we get to Brexit, the more solid the majority against it is Polls show Brexit regret is so strong that 'Remain' would win a second referendum by 9 points Our Brexit Insider Facebook group is the best place for up-to-date news and analysis about Britain’s departure from the EU, direct from Business Insider’s political reporters. Join here.
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Over the coming days we will have conversations across our party and movement and reflect on these results on both sides of the Brexit divide." Let's take him at his word. If this really had been a second referendum on Britain's membership in the European Union, what would the results have been? These charts show that Remain would have won, easily, despite the Brexit Party's victory. Our first chart shows vote totals for all the major parties. I have grouped them into bundles of "Remain" voters on the left and "Leave" voters on the right. All the parties except for Labour and Conservative had solid Remain or Leave positions. Only the Conservatives and Labour went into the elections with compromise positions, the Conservatives favoring Prime Minister Theresa May's withdrawal agreement and Labour favoring a softer Brexit that keeps Britain more closely tied to the European Union's single market. To account for those compromise positions — and with the assumption that most Labour voters oppose Brexit and most Conservatives support it — I broke out the Remain-Leave totals both with and without the main parties. ## No matter which way you cut it, a clear majority of voters in this election went for Remain-oriented parties: ![1 UK European election votes grouped by Leave Remain tendency](https://i.insider.com/5cece33ef2f4794aed368cbf?width=500&format=jpeg&auto=webp) BI ## If the totals were presented as a binary choice in a second referendum, the result would have been: - Remain: 55.3% - Leave: 44.7% That's a 10-point majority favoring Remain. In total, the Remain bloc won 9.3 million votes while the Leave contingent brought in 7 million. ![On Brexit, there is a 10 point majority favouring Remain](https://i.insider.com/5cebbafe4cf2704de855c9e2?width=500&format=jpeg&auto=webp) BI This is not wishful thinking. The results underscore the monthly averages of tracking polls taken by YouGov since the 2016 Brexit referendum. ## YouGov polls show a majority of Brits think Brexit was the wrong decision ![brexit](https://i.insider.com/5cebbafe4cf2704de855c9e3?width=500&format=jpeg&auto=webp) Pantheon Macroeconomics What does all this mean? Two things: Nigel Farage's Brexit Party may have placed first in Sunday night's results, but Britain is a solid Remain-leaning country. A second referendum would now seem likely to reverse the Brexit decision — so expect Farage and the hardline Brexiteers inside the Conservative Party to resist a "people's vote" or a "confirmatory vote" tooth and nail. They know they will lose if that vote takes place. As for Corbyn and Labour, the party's pro-Brexit position is costing it votes. It finished third in last week's vote after a strong showing from the pro-Remain Liberal Democrats. Its European vote is now almost on par with the Green Party — a previously unthinkable proposition. A Labour pivot to outright support for a second referendum could shore up the Remain vote and — if delivered — land a crushing blow on the Conservatives. 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Readable Markdown	![Nigel Farage](https://i.insider.com/5c06dff8dde8673490313b67?width=700) Nigel Farage's Brexit Party came first in the UK European elections, but Remain-leaning parties gathered more votes. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts May 27, 2019, 10:23 AM GMT - Statistics from the European election results in the UK suggest that Remain would have won, easily, if this had been a "proxy" referendum on Britain's membership in the European Union. - Nigel Farage's Brexit Party and Brexit supporters inside the Conservative Party are now likely to fight tooth and nail against a second referendum — they know they will lose. - There is an obvious strategic advantage for Labour if it were to now pivot in favor of a second vote. ![Opinion banner](https://static.businessinsider.com/image/5b509f2d260a2919008b479a-1201/opinion-banner.png) Reacting to [the UK's European election results](https://www.businessinsider.com/european-election-results-brexit-party-nigel-farage-wins-conservatives-collapse-2019-5) Monday morning, Labour's Jeremy Corbyn said: ["These elections became a proxy second referendum](https://www.businessinsider.com/european-election-results-brexit-party-nigel-farage-wins-conservatives-collapse-2019-5). Over the coming days we will have conversations across our party and movement and reflect on these results on both sides of the Brexit divide." Let's take him at his word. If this really had been a second referendum on Britain's membership in the European Union, what would the results have been? These charts show that Remain would have won, easily, despite the Brexit Party's victory. Our first chart shows vote totals for all the major parties. I have grouped them into bundles of "Remain" voters on the left and "Leave" voters on the right. All the parties except for Labour and Conservative had solid Remain or Leave positions. Only the Conservatives and Labour went into the elections with compromise positions, the Conservatives favoring Prime Minister Theresa May's withdrawal agreement and Labour favoring a softer Brexit that keeps Britain more closely tied to the European Union's single market. To account for those compromise positions — and with the assumption that most Labour voters oppose Brexit and most Conservatives support it — I broke out the Remain-Leave totals both with and without the main parties. ## No matter which way you cut it, a clear majority of voters in this election went for Remain-oriented parties: ![1 UK European election votes grouped by Leave Remain tendency](https://i.insider.com/5cece33ef2f4794aed368cbf?width=500&format=jpeg&auto=webp) BI ## If the totals were presented as a binary choice in a second referendum, the result would have been: - Remain: 55.3% - Leave: 44.7% That's a 10-point majority favoring Remain. In total, the Remain bloc won 9.3 million votes while the Leave contingent brought in 7 million. ![On Brexit, there is a 10 point majority favouring Remain](https://i.insider.com/5cebbafe4cf2704de855c9e2?width=500&format=jpeg&auto=webp) BI This is not wishful thinking. The results underscore the monthly averages of tracking polls taken by YouGov since the 2016 Brexit referendum. ## YouGov polls show a majority of Brits think Brexit was the wrong decision ![brexit](https://i.insider.com/5cebbafe4cf2704de855c9e3?width=500&format=jpeg&auto=webp) Pantheon Macroeconomics What does all this mean? Two things: Nigel Farage's Brexit Party may have placed first in Sunday night's results, but Britain is a solid Remain-leaning country. A second referendum would now seem likely to reverse the Brexit decision — so expect Farage and the hardline Brexiteers inside the Conservative Party to resist a "people's vote" or a "confirmatory vote" tooth and nail. They know they will lose if that vote takes place. As for Corbyn and Labour, the party's pro-Brexit position is costing it votes. It finished third in last week's vote after a strong showing from the pro-Remain Liberal Democrats. Its European vote is now almost on par with the Green Party — a previously unthinkable proposition. A Labour pivot to outright support for a second referendum could shore up the Remain vote and — if delivered — land a crushing blow on the Conservatives. From a purely strategic point of view, that prospect must now look tempting to Corbyn. - Read more: - [How Europeans' household net worth is 'now exclusively driven' by negative interest rates](https://www.businessinsider.com/negative-interest-rates-europe-property-prices-2019-5) - [Italy's 'perma-recession' could trigger a €2 trillion financial crisis that threatens the eurozone itself](https://www.businessinsider.com/italy-perma-recession-systemic-crisis-threatens-eurozone-2019-4) - [The price of Brexit has been £66 billion so far, plus an impending recession — and it hasn't even started yet](https://www.businessinsider.com/price-of-brexit-66-billion-recession-2019-4) - [The closer we get to Brexit, the more solid the majority against it is](https://www.businessinsider.com/brexit-polls-leave-remain-second-referendum-vote-2019-3) - [Polls show Brexit regret is so strong that 'Remain' would win a second referendum by 9 points](https://www.businessinsider.com/yougov-poll-brexit-regret-remain-second-referendum-2019-2) Our Brexit Insider Facebook group is the best place for up-to-date news and analysis about Britain’s departure from the EU, direct from Business Insider’s political reporters. 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