What future relationship do English, Scottish and Welsh people want with the EU?

With the publics in England, Scotland and Wales all seeing Brexit as a failure, what kind of future relationship do they want with the EU?

Sizeable majorities in all three countries – 74% in Scotland, 70% in Wales and 59% in England – would support Britain having a closer relationship with Europe, without rejoining the EU, single market or customs union itself.

Only marginally smaller majorities in England (54%) and Scotland (70%) back rejoining the EU, while in Wales the number wanting to reverse Brexit drops more noticeably, to 59%.

But when it comes to rejoining the EU without Britain’s former opt-outs, as some EU officials have suggested would be the case if the UK wanted to regain its membership, only the Scottish public still tend to support rejoin, by a narrower margin of 51% to 33%.

In England and Wales, just 34-37% of the public would support rejoining if the UK were required to join the Euro and participate in the Schengen passport-free travel zone, while a greater 44% would oppose EU membership on these terms.

Nonetheless, support for Britian’s current relationship with Europe remaining where it is stands at just 30% in England, 27% in Wales and 21% in Scotland, while even fewer (11-21%) would like to see Britain further loosen its ties with the EU further.