Poll suggests wide generational gap over attitudes to Brexit

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Nearly twice as many younger voters back staying in a reformed EU as older ones do&comma; a new poll suggests&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A big generational gap in attitudes towards Brexit emerged in a ComRes survey for the Lead Not Leave campaign&comma; which seeks to keep the UK in the EU with greater national control over issues such as welfare and immigration&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Nearly three quarters &lpar;72&percnt;&rpar; of voters aged 18-34 who expressed an opinion backed the Lead Not Leave stance&comma; compared with 38&percnt; of people aged 55 and over&comma; according to the poll&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The stark difference in how age groups see the situation was also highlighted by the finding that a no-deal exit from the EU is supported by 28&percnt; of 18 to 34-year-olds who expressed a view&comma; compared with 62&percnt; of voters aged 55 and over&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;125336" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-125336" style&equals;"width&colon; 600px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;02&sol;35340A00-61C1-4517-AADB-EFA3E118D997&period;jpeg"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-125336" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;02&sol;35340A00-61C1-4517-AADB-EFA3E118D997&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"876" &sol;><&sol;a><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-125336" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Pro-EU campaigner Gina Miller<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Anti-Brexit campaigner Gina Miller&comma; who co-founded the cross-party Lead Not Leave initiative&comma; said the survey showed that younger voters still want &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;to fight” for EU membership&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ms Miller said she expected Article 50 to be extended&comma; meaning the UK would stay in the EU beyond the scheduled March 29 exit date&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The campaigner told the Press Association&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I think now in any scenario we end up with an extension&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ms Miller added&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It is the younger generation that will have to live with the consequences of leaving the EU in the chaotic and destructive way this Government now appears set upon&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Our young people have every right to be heard and their concerns can and should be addressed&comma; not least by the opposition&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The young people are saying clearly that they want their generation to remain and be a leading voice in Europe&comma; not to trail behind it&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ms Miller said she believed a new referendum could emerge as the only way out of the Brexit impasse in Parliament&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>ComRes interviewed 4&comma;073 adults online between January 23-27 and information was weighted to be &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;representative of all British adults by age&comma; gender&comma; region and social grade”&comma; Lead Not Leave said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68e331cee91ba">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; false &equals;&equals;&equals; &lpar; window&period;isWatlV1 &quest;&quest; 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