Yahoo News More than a third of Britons now believe Mrs May will get a Brexit deal
More than a third of Britons – 35% – now believe there will be a Brexit deal, according to a survey.
Pollsters YouGov found that the highest expectation among Britons is that some sort of deal will emerge because of current negotiations in Westminster and Brussels, despite warnings of a no-deal.
However, 33% expect a no-deal Brexit, despite warnings about what might happen to the UK in such an event.
Meanwhile the number of those who believe there will be a second Brexit referendum has almost halved in the past few weeks.
The survey found that just 12% of Brits believe there will be a second vote on Britain’s membership of the European Union.
In early December more than a quarter of people, 26%, thought a second vote would take place.
Meanwhile, another 20% told YouGov that they did not know what would happen.
The findings come as talks continue for Britain to find an acceptable withdrawal deal ahead of the March 29 deadline for it to leave the EU.
Theresa May is heading to Dublin on Friday to meet Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, as the British leader seeks to secure changes to the sensitive subject of an Irish border backstop.
Brussels has ruled out any legally-binding changes to the backstop, which was agreed last year between the UK and the EU.
European Parliament Brexit co-ordinator Guy Verhofstadt, has said the backstop is ‘non-negotiable’.
Elsewhere, Labour shadow chancellor John McDonnell said there would have to be a second vote in the event of a no-deal Brexit, as that would be ‘catastrophic for our economy’.
In addition, Lord Kerslake has called for a fresh referendum because the government cannot get the backing of parliament.
‘Where else do we go? A huge amount of quite unnecessary fear is being created among the public,’ he told BBC Radio 4.
‘The government can stop this now.’
In addition, the Guardian reported Friday that the government has started recruiting civilian for a ‘command and control centre’ in the case of a no-deal Brexit.
