London, Oct. 21 (ANI): Support for Britain pulling out of the European Union is at its highest level in the last 30 years, with 51 percent saying that they would vote to leave, while just 34 percent said they would like to stay, according to a new poll.
It means support for a pullout is at its most buoyant since the early Eighties, during Margaret Thatcher's first term in government, when nearly two thirds of voters wanted to leave the Common Market.
The Survation Poll found that over half of those surveyed said they would vote to leave the EU, while just 34 percent would choose to stay
According to the Daily Mail, the poll findings have emerged as Prime Minister David Cameron prepared to announce that he is in favour of a referendum on membership, and the EU plans to mount a multi-million pound pro-Brussels propaganda offensive to counter hardening Eurosceptic sentiment.
Support for the 'out' campaign has jumped over the past year, from an average of 41 percent, as the damaging effects of the eurozone economic crisis have strengthened the hand of Brussels' opponents, the report said.
"The EU should not be using our hard-earned cash to promote the so-called benefits of EU membership," Tim Aker, from the anti-EU group Get Britain Out, said.
"The EU should stand back and let the British people decide", he added. (ANI)
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