BREXIT: British voters want referendum on final Brexit deal

For the first time, a poll suggests that people in Britain want to have a say in the final Brexit deal via referendum as the possibility of exiting the EU without an agreement looms large.

With no clear Brexit strategy in sight and Brussels unimpressed with London’s third-way, the odds of a smooth Brexit deal are growing slimmer by the day.

The proportion of voters who favour a referendum on the final terms of any Brexit deal has overtaken those who do not, according to a YouGov poll for The Times.

When they were asked whether there should be a referendum on the final terms of any Brexit deal, 42% said there should be a fresh vote while 40% said there should not. The rest did not know.

The poll of 1,653 adults in the UK was conducted this week, The Times said.

Some 58% of Labour voters, 67% of Liberal Democrat voters and 21% of Conservative voters were in favour of a second referendum.

In the June 23, 2016 referendum, 17.4 million votes, or 51.9% of votes cast, backed leaving the EU while 16.1 million votes, or 48.1% of voters, backed staying. Many opinion polls predicted any easy victory for the remain campaign.

Two years on from the referendum, the YouGov poll showed that the referendum result would be close, but a majority vote could swing to staying in the EU.

In the event of a referendum on Britain’s EU membership tomorrow, 45% said that they would vote to remain, while 42% would vote to leave, with 4% saying that they would not vote and 9% saying they did not know, The Times said.