Brexit more important than keeping Northern Ireland in UK, says poll (which asked nobody in Northern Ireland)
The Peace Bridge crosses the River Foyle in sight of The Guildhall building in Derry, Northern Ireland
A poll which suggested more voters rate leaving the EU as a priority ahead of maintaining the Union with Northern Ireland did not ask a single person in Northern Ireland what they thought.
More than a third of those polled (36%) for the radio station LBC said exiting the EU was a higher priority than keeping Northern Ireland within the UK.
Of those surveyed, 29% said retaining Northern Ireland within the UK was more important than Brexit.
Around 22% said neither was important, while the remainder said they did not know which one to prioritise higher.
But the YouGov poll, commissioned by every London taxi driver's favourite station, did not survey a single voter within Northern Ireland.
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The online poll sampled 1,630 adults living in Great Britain. It was conducted between March 21 and 22.
The survey was carried out amid ongoing uncertainty over how the Irish border will be handled in the final Brexit agreement. It has emerged as the key sticking block in the negotiations, with the Government and EU at loggerheads over how a free flowing border can be maintained if the UK leaves the Customs Union and Single Market.
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Northern Ireland voted 58% in favour of remaining in the EU in the 2016 referendum.
Democratic Unionist MP Sir Jeffrey Donaldson told LBC he did not think the survey findings were relevant.
"The Good Friday Agreement states very clearly that the principle of consent means that it's for the people of Northern Ireland alone to decide whether we remain part of the United Kingdom," he said.
"Since the UK government, the Irish government and Brussels have all said that any Brexit agreement must fully recognise all of the terms of the Good Friday Agreement, I really don't think this is relevant."
The poll also found that almost half (48%) of the GB public are pessimistic that the UK will be ready to leave the EU by March 2019. Of those, more than a quarter (26%) were Leave voters.
Around four in 10 people surveyed (39%) said they were optimistic the UK would be ready for Brexit day, while the remaining 13% say they did not know.
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