THE EXPRESS: BREXIT WARNING: Demographic shift could produce REMAIN majority by 2021, claim academics

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CHANGES in the UK’s population could result in the Brexit-backing majority being overturned in just three years, academics have predicted.

A higher proportion of university-educated voters, combined with fewer who were of voting age before Britain joined the European Economic Community, will likely “pull British public opinion in a pro-European direction”, their research found.

Period5 May 2018

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  • TitleBREXIT WARNING: Demographic shift could produce REMAIN majority by 2021, claim academics
    Media name/outletThe Express
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date5/05/18
    DescriptionCHANGES in the UK’s population could result in the Brexit-backing majority being overturned in just three years, academics have predicted.

    A higher proportion of university-educated voters, combined with fewer who were of voting age before Britain joined the European Economic Community, will likely “pull British public opinion in a pro-European direction”, their research found.
    URLhttps://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/954309/brexit-news-uk-population-change-remain-vote-second-referendum
    PersonsRobert Ford, Maria Sobolewska
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  • UK politics
  • Brexit
  • demographics