Put Brexit front and centre on the poll trail, say voters

Sixty per cent back Michael Heseltine's demand in survey

- DAVID MADDOX

Voters back Michael Heseltine's claim that the current general election risks being "one of the most dishonest" in history because the main parties will not discuss Britain’s relationship with the European Union. The We Think voter intention poll has revealed that almost six in 10 voters (58 per cent) think that Brexit and Britain’s relationship with the EU should be one of the main issues in the election.

The survey of 1,242 voters commissioned by the pro-EU European Movement UK followed an intervention by the former deputy prime minister Lord Heseltine in The Independent this week where he warned no issue can be discussed without referring it to Brexit.

The veteran Tory heavyweight said: “We are now at the start of what I foresee will be the most dishonest election of modern times. What are the issues this country should be discussing? The state of our economy, defence and environment, the need to level up our society, control immigration and restore Britain’s standing in the world. None of these issues can be honestly addressed in isolation from our relationship with Europe. Yet Europe is the no-go area.”