Brexit: “Leave” Takes the Lead!

Will the UK soon remove itself from the European Union? According to the latest polls, it’s starting to look like a real possibility. Reuters reports:

The swing toward “Out” with less than three weeks to go comes as both sides step up their campaigning to try to win over the large number of still undecided voters with warnings over the economy and immigration. The ICM poll of 1,741 people taken June 3-5 showed 48 percent would vote to leave, up from 47 percent a week earlier, while 43 percent would opt to stay, down 1 percentage point from a week earlier. 

The YouGov poll of 3,495 people on June 1-3 showed 45 percent would opt to leave the EU, up from 40 percent in a comparable poll a month earlier, while 41 percent would opt to stay, down from 42 percent.

The poll showed 11 percent of voters were still undecided, down 2 percentage points from a month earlier.

Of the eight most recently published surveys, one opinion poll was tied, two showed In ahead and five have showed Out in the lead, including a TNS online poll published on Monday and two previous ICM polls published last Tuesday.

This news was not appreciated by Prime Minister David Cameron who warned that it would “put a bomb under our economy.”

On the plus side, things look good for tourists heading to Britain in the very near future. The pound is falling fast against the dollar as support for Brexit grows.

Source: [Reuters/The Guardian]