UK says no to rejoining EU and backs lower immigration

The UK woke up to a clear verdict on Europe: voters have no appetite to rejoin the EU. Is it time to accept that Brexit was a failure and rejoin the EU? saw the country say no by a clear margin, with the chamber more exercised about how the divorce was mishandled than whether it should be undone.

The verdicts

Should immigration levels be reduced? delivered the day's strongest mandate, with the UK backing lower numbers on the understanding that the gate must still admit skills, speed up processing and keep legal routes open.

On foreign influence, Should the UK ban social media platforms where foreign owners manipulate the feed to undermine society? produced a narrow yes for intervention, even though the sharper arguments and most respected warnings came from those who feared it would become a censorship tool.

Should the UK replace human rights treaties with its own bill of rights? also carried the day, despite a pointed warning that rights risk becoming a political football.

The country gave short shrift to a temporary ban on data centre production, though water and power concerns clearly registered; the winning case was conditional rather than triumphant.

Should the UK fully decriminalise sex work while introducing regulation of brothels and public solicitation? passed by a modest margin, with safety arguments outweighing fears that it would simply hand pimps a respectable front.

Should HS2 be extended to Manchester? won support on the principle that stopping halfway is like building half a bridge, even as the project's wider record received little praise.

And Should Northern Ireland leave the UK? was rejected decisively, the room uniting around the view that any such decision belongs to the people of Northern Ireland alone.

Voting continues today on fresh questions.

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