A poll on Brexit carried out by the right-wing Daily Mail has gone spectacularly wrong, after it gave the paper the opposite result of what it wanted.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n With the adverse economic impacts of Brexit there for all to see and with a number of opinion polls now clearly showing a clear majority in favour of re-joining the EU, Brexit regret is at an all-time high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Mail famously backed Brexit during the referendum campaign. The paper ran a poll of its own readers this week as part of an article published on April 13 about Hungary\u2019s new prime minister urging Britain to rejoin the EU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It asked readers whether Britian should rejoin the EU, with four options, which included: \u2018Yes \u2013 better for the economy\u2019, \u2018No \u2013 stick to Brexit\u2019, \u2018Closer ties, not full membership\u2019, and \u2018Not now.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Mail may have been expecting its own readers to back Brexit, however early indications of the poll put 73% of respondents as saying Britain should rejoin the EU because it\u2019s better for the economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As time went on, this number grew to 84%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Social media users couldn\u2019t help but poke fun at the Mail, with one X user writing: \u201cThe Daily Mail was so embarrassed by the 84% vote for rejoin they reset the horizontal axis to make 84% look like 50%.\u00a0\u00a0Pathetic.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Basit Mahmood is editor of Left Foot Forward<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n \r\n\r\n\r\nLeft Foot Forward doesn’t have the backing of big business or billionaires. We rely on the kind and generous support of ordinary people like you. \r\n \r\nYou can support hard-hitting journalism that holds the right to account, provides a forum for debate among progressives, and covers the stories the rest of the media ignore. Donate today.\r\n\r\n<\/em>\r\n<\/P>\r\n