Poll: Brexit more important than keeping Northern Ireland within UK

More than a third of voters in Great Britain rate leaving the EU as a priority

The survey was carried out amid ongoing uncertainty over how the Irish Border will be handled in the final Brexit agreement. Photograph: PAUL FAITH/AFP/Getty Images

The survey was carried out amid ongoing uncertainty over how the Irish Border will be handled in the final Brexit agreement. Photograph: PAUL FAITH/AFP/Getty Images

More voters in Great Britain rate leaving the EU as a priority ahead of maintaining the union with Northern Ireland, a poll has suggested.

More than a third of those polled (36 per cent) said exiting the European Union was a higher priority than keeping Northern Ireland within the UK.

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