After Obama's intervention in the UK's EU in/out referendum last week, in which he said that the UK will be "at the back of the queue" regarding a trade deal with the US if it decides to leave the EU, the Bremainers were looking and acting rather smug, thinking the intervention is going to put them further ahead in the polls and almost clinch them victory.
However, it seems as though the Bremainers were being complacent - and many poll analysts say complacency could end up being their undoing in this referendum - and that Obama's intervention has not persuaded or scared the British voters into choosing to Remain in the EU. In fact the opposite has happened: the Brexiteers have taken the lead in the polls.
It seems that getting Obama onside to try and "persuade" British voters into voting to Remain in the EU is backfiring on the Bremainers....
New EU poll puts Brexit backers in the lead despite Obama scaremongering
THE campaign for Britain to cut ties with Brussels has edged into a two-point lead in the EU referendum battle, a dramatic opinion poll has revealed.
By Macer Hall
Thu, Apr 28, 2016
The Telegraph
GETTY•EXPRESS•EPA A new poll has put the Leave campaign in the lead despite Obama’s interference
Pollsters ICM found that 46 per cent of those quizzed want the UK to leave while 44 per cent want to stay.
The result suggests that Barack Obama’s call for the UK to stay in the EU failed to shift support towards the Remain camp.
Interviews for the ICM internet tracker poll were carried out during the US President’s visit to Britain last week during which he claimed Britain would lose global influence by leaving the EU and fall to the back of the queue in negotiations for a US trade deal.
Jennifer Bottomley, of ICM, said Mr Obama’s remarks may even have strengthened the resolve of Brexit supporters to vote in the referendum on June 23.
She said: “Interestingly, we do see a hardening of resolve among Leave supporters when it comes to turnout, with 80 per cent saying they are absolutely certain to vote, compared with 75 per cent who said the same in our first April poll, perhaps reflecting a sense of displeasure about Mr Obama’s comments.”
GETTY The US President threatened Britain would be ‘at the back of the queue’ for a new trade deal
GETTY Pollsters say the President’s remarks may have strengthened the Leave campaign
A senior US politician claimed yesterday the President had made a “big mistake” by intervening.
Paul Ryan, House of Representatives Speaker, said: “We should leave this up to the British people.”
New EU poll puts Brexit backers in the lead after Obama scaremongering | Politics | News | Daily Express
However, it seems as though the Bremainers were being complacent - and many poll analysts say complacency could end up being their undoing in this referendum - and that Obama's intervention has not persuaded or scared the British voters into choosing to Remain in the EU. In fact the opposite has happened: the Brexiteers have taken the lead in the polls.
It seems that getting Obama onside to try and "persuade" British voters into voting to Remain in the EU is backfiring on the Bremainers....
New EU poll puts Brexit backers in the lead despite Obama scaremongering
THE campaign for Britain to cut ties with Brussels has edged into a two-point lead in the EU referendum battle, a dramatic opinion poll has revealed.
By Macer Hall
Thu, Apr 28, 2016
The Telegraph
GETTY•EXPRESS•EPA A new poll has put the Leave campaign in the lead despite Obama’s interference
Pollsters ICM found that 46 per cent of those quizzed want the UK to leave while 44 per cent want to stay.
The result suggests that Barack Obama’s call for the UK to stay in the EU failed to shift support towards the Remain camp.
Interviews for the ICM internet tracker poll were carried out during the US President’s visit to Britain last week during which he claimed Britain would lose global influence by leaving the EU and fall to the back of the queue in negotiations for a US trade deal.
Jennifer Bottomley, of ICM, said Mr Obama’s remarks may even have strengthened the resolve of Brexit supporters to vote in the referendum on June 23.
She said: “Interestingly, we do see a hardening of resolve among Leave supporters when it comes to turnout, with 80 per cent saying they are absolutely certain to vote, compared with 75 per cent who said the same in our first April poll, perhaps reflecting a sense of displeasure about Mr Obama’s comments.”
GETTY The US President threatened Britain would be ‘at the back of the queue’ for a new trade deal
GETTY Pollsters say the President’s remarks may have strengthened the Leave campaign
A senior US politician claimed yesterday the President had made a “big mistake” by intervening.
Paul Ryan, House of Representatives Speaker, said: “We should leave this up to the British people.”
New EU poll puts Brexit backers in the lead after Obama scaremongering | Politics | News | Daily Express
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