Some UK regions want to stay in EU: Polls

Most people in certain regions of the UK now prefer to remain part of the European Union despite the Brexit referendum in June, opinion surveys show.  

According to surveys by some British newspapers, people in parts of the UK that voted overwhelmingly for Brexit now have an opposite opinion.

On Saturday, the Wolverhampton-based Express and Star newspaper published a poll which shows 60 percent of respondents would now vote to stay in the EU.

The Express and Star, which became the fourth outlet to publish results showing a complete u-turn in public opinion, surveyed 10,000 readers.

In March, the paper asked readers to fill out a questionnaire and the results found that 80 percent would vote to leave the EU.

Three other regional newspapers in the North East and the West Midlands have recently published similar findings.

On December 10, two other newspapers, The Hartlepool Mail and Sunderland Echo, published reports showing most people preferred to stay in…

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