As the two-year withdrawal process from the European Union gets underway, a new survey which quizzed people about post-Brexit Britain has been revealed, and the results are alarming.

The YouGov poll asked both Leave and Remain voters what should be brought back once the UK leaves the EU, starting with a seriously controversial topic.

When Britain leaves the EU what should the government look to bring back? @YouGov provided the list and this is what we found. #BrexitDay pic.twitter.com/uL1jX2PzT1 — Joe Twyman (@JoeTwyman) March 29, 2017

The survey, which questioned 2,060 adults between 21and 22 February, found that over half of Leave voters agreed that the death penalty should return after Brexit. And that's not all. 42 per cent of those who opted to exit the EU also want corporal punishment back in schools. So basically, they want some of our country's major progress to go down the spout, then?

In comparison, 20 per cent of people who voted to stay in the EU backed the death penalty, and 14 per cent supported corporal punishment.

The death penalty was permanently outlawed in Britain in 1969, while corporal punishment, which gave the right to beat children, was banned in British state schools in 1987.

On a less disturbing note, passports were also found to be a major concern. 52 per cent of Leave voters said they would like a return to dark blue passports, which were replaced by the current Burgundy version in 1988, and there was also a longing for the past when it came to the metric system. 48 per cent of Leave voters would like to see a return to imperial measurements like feet, inches and ounces, and 11 per cent said they want smoking to be allowed in pubs and restaurants again. It has been illegal to smoke in enclosed public places in England since 2007.

Via Cosmopolitan

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