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Most people do NOT want a second Brexit referendum despite more than two million people signing a petition calling for one, a Sunday Mirror and Sunday People survey has revealed.

Half of all Brits said they believe the result of Thursdays EU referendum should stay and the UK should leave.

In a poll of 1,069 British adults aged 18 and over taken yesterday, just 39% said they felt a second referendum should be held.

The news comes as more than 2.5 MILLION people signed a petition calling for a second referendum to be held on the issue.

The petition, which is due to be debated in Parliament, calls for the Government to implement a rule whereby if the remain or leave vote is less than 60% based on a turnout less than 75% there should be another referendum.

As of this evening, the total stood at an incredible 2.5 MILLION signatures .

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In our exclusive poll, half (48%) of British adults say that they are happy with the result, with two in five (43%) saying they are unhappy with the outcome.

The economy (67%) was cited as the most important for Remain voters.

By contrast, the ability of Britain to make its own laws is cited by Leave voters as the most important issue when deciding which way to vote (53%), ahead of immigration (34%).

Adults Remain voters Leave voters The result of the existing referendum should be honoured and Britain should leave the EU 50% 22% 79% There should be another referendum on Britain’s membership of the EU under the new terms offered 39% 66% 14% Don’t know 11% 13% 7%

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And despite many people saying they want to change their minds, leading politicians insist the deal is done.

Mandy Suthi, a student who voted Leave, said she would tick the Remain box if she had a second chance.

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She added that her parents also regret their choice.

“I would go back to the polling station and vote to stay, simply because this morning the reality is kicking in,” she said.

“I wish we had the opportunity to vote again. I’m very disappointed.”

Khembe Gibbons, a lifeguard from Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, said: “We have left the EU, David Cameron ’s resigned, we’re left with Boris Johnson – and Nigel Farage has just given it away that the boost to the NHS claim was a lie.

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“I voted Leave believing these lies and I regret it more than anything, I feel genuinely robbed of my vote.”

Mr Johnson – who is tipped to be the next Prime Minister following David Cameron ’s resignation on Friday – appeared to rule out the possibility of a second referendum in an interview earlier this year.

He said then: “Out is out.”

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn also ruled out supporting a second referendum.

He said: “A decision has been made. I think we have got to accept that decision and work out our relationship with Europe in the future.”

EU leaders have also poured scorn on the idea that Britain should be allowed to change its mind.

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They want to see a new Prime Minister take office quickly and press ahead with Brexit .

German foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said negotiations should begin “as soon as possible”.

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He added that Britain had a responsibility to work promptly with the EU on exit terms.

His French counterpart Jean-Marc Ayrault agreed there was “a certain urgency”.

He said that the EU did not want “a period of uncertainty, with financial consequences and political consequences”.

German chancellor Angela Merkel said it “shouldn’t take for ever” for Britain to deliver formal notification of its intention to leave under Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty.

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Nearly half of Britons say they are less confident about Britain’s future today than they were this time last week (45%), while they are also more likely to say that the referendum result has changed Britain’s standing in the world for the worse, than say it has changed it for the better (41% vs. 33%).

Boris Johnson is the preferred successor to David Cameron as Prime Minister among both Conservative voters (28%) and the public as a whole (24%).

The majority of Britons (57%) say that George Osborne should resign on the back of the referendum result. Labour voters are slightly more likely to say that Jeremy Corbyn should stay on (49%) than say he should resign (40%).

Britons are most likely to think that there should a General Election as soon as the new Prime Minister is in place in the autumn – although only a third of the public hold this view (33%).

Nearly as many (27%) say that the General Election should be held in 2020, as currently planned.

* ComRes polled 1,069 adults on June 24.