EU referendum: Majority of UK public wants ‘Brexit’, poll reveals

More than half of the public now want to leave the European Union, according to an opinion poll for The Independent – the first time our monthly survey has shown a majority for “Brexit.”

The survey of 2,000 people by ORB, conducted last Wednesday and Thursday in the wake of the Paris terrorist attacks, will be seen as a reflection of public anxiety about the EU’s migration crisis.

Anti-EU politicians including Nigel Farage have sought to make a link between the influx of Middle Eastern refugees to Europe and terrorism.

Source: Andrew Grice