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OPINION - Four years after Brexit the UK’s global image still matters

Source: PA Wire

This morning's Ipsos poll shows that 54% of Brits think Brexit harmed the UK’s standing in the world. That might be true – but what has the world been thinking about Britain for the past long eight years? And is it at odds with the image we have of ourselves?

It might not – which polls the opinions of just over 19,000 young people from the G20 nations – found Britain was the second most attractive country in the world, after Italy – higher than the score in spring 2016, and in 2021.

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