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29 July 2019updated 07 Jun 2021 3:41pm

Does the British public want a no-deal Brexit?

By Joe Twyman

LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 08: Pro-Brexit protesters demonstrate outside the Houses of Parliament in Westminster on January 08, 2019 in London, England. MPs in Parliament are to vote on Theresa May's Brexit deal next week after last month's vote was called off in the face of a major defeat. (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

We have heard it repeated time and again: “Brexit means Brexit”. But what do the public actually want from Brexit?

Is there really much support for the no-deal Brexit that the new Prime Minister Boris Johnson seems so keen on either enthusiastically promoting or carefully not ruling out (depending on your perspective)?

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