Rejoin has been leading Stay Out for a long time (in the same way that Remain consistently led Leave from about mid-2017 onwards - which the government conveniently chose to ignore). Some pollsters in that time have also registered Rejoin going above 50%, recognising that about 15-20% say 'Don't Know' so Rejoin can lead Stay Out significantly but still potentially be below 50%.
But this is the first time Rejoin has exceeded 50% in YouGov poll, which is what they're reporting.
The typical poll over the last several months has been around 45-50% Rejoin vs 30-35% Stay Out.
I had the day off work and was staying at my parents' house. I remember my mum had a Vote Remain poster in the window. I'd stayed up late enough the previous night to know that things were going very badly, but I still felt shellshocked by the final result.
For at least the next few days, there was a total sense of loss and mourning pervading my friends and family. I remember this being punctured briefly by a lot of anger at an idiotic comment by one friend on the group WhatsApp late that morning, who took the opportunity to announce to us all that although she voted Remain, enough time had passed (this was maybe 4 or 5 hours after the final result!) that we should all now just accept the outcome and welcome our new Brexiter masters - total failure to humanly understand how people experience loss, or how democratic politics works. If the other side wins one election, that doesn't mean you have to just stop believing in all the causes you believe in...
I don't fully agree with him here that the long game is the right strategy - when clear majorities are already consistently expressing support for Rejoin and there's an opportunity to strike while the iron is hot, if only a party would grasp it! But clearly we need to be prepared to be in this for the long haul if needed...
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