Brexit. Why do Brits want Out of the EU?

Voters back remaining in the EU by 54% to 46%, according to new polling showing an 8 point lead for stopping Brexit.

The study by polling guru John Curtice found that younger voters who backed leave in 2016 would likely swing a new vote in favour of Remain.

Campaign groups MPs are stepping up pressure on the Conservatives and Labour to call for a "People's Vote" on the final Brexit deal.

The news comes as campaign groups and backbench MPs continue to push Theresa May for a "People's Vote" which hands voters the chance to accept or reject any deal the prime minister brings back from Brussels.

On Tuesday the GMB union became the latest Labour-affiliated union to back the campaign.

In a statement, general secretary Tim Roache said: "As trade unionists, when we negotiate a pay deal with an employer, we go back to our members and ask them if they're happy with it. Whether they want to accept or reject it.


"That's what people deserve now, because the promises that were made during the referendum campaign are simply not the reality we are facing."

Roache added that his members "did not vote for economic chaos or to put jobs and hard won rights on the line. That's why GMB supports your right to decide what sort of Brexit, is the right Brexit. That's why we support a public vote on the final deal."

The Labour party will be under pressure at its upcoming conference to shift position to explicitly back a second referendum, but has so far resisted attempts to make it official party policy.

In hindsight, do you think Britain was right or wrong to vote to leave the EU?
Field work dates: 1 August 2016 - 13 September 2018
Data from: Great Britain, United Kingdom
Results from: 87 polls

He said: “Of the respondents who currently support Labour and voted leave in the Brexit referendum, only 6% put Brexit at the top of their concerns and say they would not, or be less likely to, vote Labour if the party backed a popular vote. This is just 2% of all Labour supporters, or just over 200,000 voters in all.

“In other words, the non-Labour voters that the party could win over outnumber the Labour voters that the party risks losing by almost nine to one.”

Labour’s official policy on a second Brexit referendum is to not completely rule it out, but to argue strongly that a better option would be to hold a general election, allowing the chance for a Jeremy Corbyn-led government to negotiate a departure.

The poll also found 55% to 45% backing for a second referendum, with 50% of those asked identifying Brexit as the biggest issue facing parliament. Perhaps more expected was the 84% of respondents who described the Brexit negotiations so far as a mess.

Why should Britain be allowed out of the EU if Australia hasn't been allowed her independence?

The question is whether or not the Governor General, who is a de facto viceroy, and the representative of the monarch's authority, can still dismiss a prime minister. If the answer is yes, then Mr. Reimers' claim that the Brits cannot interfere in Australia's affairs is false.

, there are some powers which the Governor-General may, in certain circumstances, exercise without – or contrary to – ministerial advice. These are known as the reserve powers. While the reserve powers are not codified as such, they are generally agreed to at least include:

The power to appoint a Prime Minister if an election has resulted in a ‘hung parliament’;

The power to dismiss a Prime Minister where he or she has lost the confidence of the Parliament;

The power to dismiss a Prime Minister or Minister when he or she is acting unlawfully; and

The power to refuse to dissolve the House of Representatives despite a request from the Prime Minister.

You guys too have a governor general.