How a leftist gambit could keep Britain in the EU

It's just going to take an awful lot of courage

Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn.
(Image credit: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

It's been less than a week since British voters declared their desire to part ways with the European Union. But reports of "buyers' remorse" from both prominent and everyday Leave voters have already made headlines.

A petition calling for a second referendum has gathered over 3.5 million signatures. One poll found 7.1 percent of pro-Brexit voters expressed regret over their decision; in fact 54 percent of "Leave" voters had expected to lose.

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Jeff Spross

Jeff Spross was the economics and business correspondent at TheWeek.com. He was previously a reporter at ThinkProgress.