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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Dan Bloom

Two in five Remain voters would be 'upset' if their child married a Brexiteer

Nearly two-fifths of people who voted to remain in the EU would be "upset" if their child married a leave supporter, a survey has suggested.

The YouGov poll found 11% of Remainers would describe themselves as "very upset" if their offspring hooked up with a Brexiteer.

Another 28% said they would be "somewhat upset". 47% said they would not be upset at all and 14% said they were not sure.

In contrast, only 11% of Leave voters said they would be in any way upset if their child married a pro-EU partner. 78% said they would not be upset at all.

The poll also found that 11% of Labour supporters would be "very upset" if their child married a Tory, while just 2% of Conservatives said would feel similarly if the positions were reversed.

Anti-Brexit protesters hold banners during 'No to Boris, Yes to Europe' march in London (REUTERS)

Some 28% of Labour supporters and 17% of Tories said they "would not consider" dating someone from the other political party.

The survey also claimed that 3% of people could not remember how they voted in the EU referendum three years ago.

YouGov quizzed 2,380 British adults between August 21-22 this year.

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