Euroscepticism growing among voters, Guardian/ICM poll finds [View all]
Source: The Guardian
The public mood of Euroscepticism is hardening, according to an exclusive Guardian/ICM poll that finds 51% of respondents would vote to take Britain out of the EU, against just 40% who say they would vote to stay in.
The news comes as the prime minister prepares to give a widely anticipated speech on Britain's relationship with the EU in the new year.
The last time ICM asked the same question, in autumn 2011, opinion was already leaning in the anti-European direction, by 49% against 40%, but a slight hardening of opinion since that time means that anti-EU feeling is now just in the majority.
This marks a turnaround from similar polls conducted in the earliest years of this century. When ICM asked a slightly differently worded question in May 2001, the public indicated that it wanted Britain to remain a member of Europe by 68% to 19%.
Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/dec/26/euroscepticism-growing-voters-poll
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