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According to survey Britons willing to vote to leave EU
Some 46.6 per cent would vote “out” while just 34.3 per cent would vote “in”, with 19.1 per cent undecided.Among those likely to vote, the gap was starker, with 48.8 per cent opting to leave, compared to 34.7 per cent wanting to stay and 16.5 per cent undecided.
The Survation poll was commissioned by the Freedom Association. Director Rory Broomfield said: “This survey shows that the increasing demands for Britain to pay more money to the EU has resulted in a resurgence in Euroscepticism within Britain.
“The British people are clearly fed up with picking up bills for EU institutions that remain unaccountable to them and do not act in their best interests.”
This survey shows that the increasing demands for Britain to pay more money to the EU has resulted in a resurgence in Euroscepticism within Britain
The survey also found that turnout ina referendum could be as high as 90.1per cent, outstripping the 84.5 percent in September’s Scottish vote.
Unsurprisingly, Ukip supporters are most likely to vote, with 71.7 percent saying they would “definitely” turn out.
Tory supporters would also descend on polling stations in droves, with just0.6 per cent saying they would not vote.
The poll also reveals that while 65 percent of those who voted Tory in 2010 want to leave the EU, a majority of Labour voters – 44.8 per cent compared to 42.4 per cent – also want to see the UK cut ties with Brussels.
The research will make grim reading for Labour leader Ed Miliband, who has refused to support David Cameron’s plan for an in/out referendum in 2017.
The findings will put further pressure on Labour to give people a say on theUK’s relationship with Europe for the first time since the 1975 referendum.
Veteran Labour backbencher AustinMitchell urged Mr Miliband to change his mind.
The Great Grimsby MP said: “The poll doesn’t surprise me. Fewer and fewer people want to be associated with what Europe is turning into. It’s different to what the leadership is saying but it reflects, at least to my mind, that Labour must offer a referendum.”
A Labour spokesman reaffirmed Mr Miliband would only back a referendum if there is a “future transfer of powers”.
Ukip MEP Mike Hookem said: “This poll is more evidence that Labour voters now back Ukip.
"Between now and the election, watch this support for Ukip grow as Labour voters abandon their old party.”
Despite the survey, the Lib Dems said they would continue to back the UK’s membership of the EU.