Has coronavirus had an impact on how British people feel about their government’s ability to handle Brexit? A new survey seen by the Financial Times suggests so: 👇 on.ft.com/3mFCk3v
🦠 42% of respondents said the UK’s management of the pandemic made them less confident in the government’s ability to handle a no-deal Brexit; only 25% had confidence in the country’s resilience without a trade deal ft.com/content/c42de5…
🗳️The decline in faith in government cut across political lines. One in five Conservative voters said they disagreed with the suggestion that the government’s management of the Covid-19 crisis made them feel more confident about Brexit ft.com/content/c42de5…
👶 Opinions also diverged by age: older people thought the government should be more focused on the health threat of coronavirus, whereas younger people were more concerned with the economic impact of the crisis ft.com/content/c42de5…
🇬🇧 Even as the Brexit deadline looms at the end of December, and a no-deal divorce looks more likely as trade negotiations stall, 41% of Britons oppose extending the UK’s transition period — including 20% of those who voted Remain in the 2016 EU referendum ft.com/content/c42de5…
Read more about the survey and how the pandemic is having a divisive effect on Britain’s political unity here 👉 ft.com/content/c42de5…
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