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New damning polls indicate that Conservatives face disaster in the next election if the government fails to deliver on its Brexit promises. Longtime Labor voters in the North of England who left the party in last year’s election to support Johnson would overwhelmingly reject the Conservatives next time if they fail to strike a trade deal with the EU that protects UK sovereignty. .
The Center for Brexit Policy poll indicates that 52 per cent of Red Wall voters would be less likely to vote Conservative if the UK is not in full control of its fishing waters.
Fifty-three percent would be less likely to vote for the Conservative Party if the UK is responsible for making payments to the EU after the transition period is over.
But the numbers were even more worrying for the Conservative Party when only people who voted for Labor in the past were taken into account, but went over to the Conservatives in the 2019 election.
Shifting voters were 66 per cent less likely to vote for Johnson’s party if the UK does not have full control of its fishing waters after 2020.
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And 74 per cent of the voters who switched were less likely to vote for the Conservatives if the UK remains responsible for making payments to the EU beyond the end of the year.
The stark warning came in polls by Savanta ComRes, which surveyed 2,093 people living in 34 of the so-called Red Wall seats in the Midlands and North between Nov. 25 and Nov. 30.
After the vote, Conservative MP Sir Iain Duncan Smith said it would be a “dangerous illusion” for the government to assume it could mislead voters into supporting a sales deal.
He said: “This poll shows that the people of the Red Wall will not forgive my party if we give in to pressure from Brussels and give ground on matters of vital national interest, such as the supremacy of UK law, while maintaining the integrity of the whole of the UK and the future of our fishing industry.
“The idea that we can improvise some kind of half-sovereign agreement and hope to get away with it is a dangerous illusion.”
The warning comes after it emerged that the UK is understood to have watered down its claims on fishing rights.
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“To coin a phrase, the voters of the Red Wall are ready to ‘regain control'”.
Trade negotiations between the UK and the EU are in their final stages, and this week is seen as the last chance for a trade deal.
The UK leaves the EU transition period on December 31 and a trade deal must be agreed imminently if time is to be ratified before the end of the year.
Currently, negotiations remain stalled on fishing rights and the so-called level playing field with no clear signs of a breakthrough.
An EU diplomat said: “We are fast approaching a watershed moment in the Brexit talks.
“Intensive negotiations continue in London.
“As of this morning, it is still unclear whether negotiators can bridge the gaps on issues such as a level playing field, governance and fisheries.”
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