ICM/Guardian - CON 43, LAB 25, LDEM 11, UKIP 11

Anthony Wells

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ICM's regular poll for the Guardian is out today and has topline figures of CON 43%(-2), LAB 25%(-1), LDEM 11%(+2), UKIP 11%(+1), GRN 4%(nc). The 25% for Labour equals the lowest in the ICM/Guardian series of polls, previously reached during the nadir of Gordon Brown's government in 2009.

Looking ahead to the Brexit negotiations ICM also tested out some of the compromises that Theresa May may have to make in the years ahead:

  • By 48% to 28% people said they would be happy to give EU citizens preferential treatment compared to non-EU nationals when coming to work in Britain
  • People were also happy to accept, by 54% to 29%, continued freedom of movement during a transitional period
  • By 47% to 34% people said it would be not be acceptable to continue to follow ECJ rulings during a transititonal period (though given the widespread confusion between the European Court and European Court of Human Rights I do ponder how mant thought this was a human rights question)
  • The trickiest bits were, however, on spending - all three different financial settlements that ICM tested were rejected by the public: only 33% thought it would be acceptable to pay a £3bn "exit fee", only 15% thought a £10bn fee would be acceptable, only 10% thought a £20bn "exit fee" would be acceptable. How and if the government manage to sell the financial settlement part of Brexit to the public is going to be interesting...

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