Brits regret Brexit, but can the country turn back?
Boris Johnson ‘got Brexit done’, but most Brits now seem to wish he hadn’t. Polls show more people see it as a failure, and would even vote to rejoin the EU.
London | Former UK prime minister Boris Johnson claimed in 2020 to have “got Brexit done”. But now it seems that a growing majority of Britons wishes he hadn’t.
In opinion poll after opinion poll, Brits – not just the ‘Remainers’, but also many ‘Leavers’ – express what the country has come to call “Bregret”: a sense either that voters made the wrong decision in the 2016 referendum, or that politicians have spent the past eight years screwing it up.
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Hans van Leeuwen covers British and European politics, economics and business from London. He has worked as a reporter, editor and policy adviser in Sydney, Canberra, Hanoi and London. Connect with Hans on Twitter. Email Hans at hans.vanleeuwen@afr.com
