The numbers say that Mrs May has a battle on her hands winning over the public

With the ink still barely dry on the Government’s Brexit deal, many voters have yet to make up their minds about Brexit. But the initial opinion polls of attitudes towards the deal suggest that not only does the Prime Minister have a battle on her hands to persuade MPs to back her deal, but she is also struggling to win over public opinion.

For all the political excitement of the last few days, Survation found that only 60 per cent of voters have so far seen or heard anything about the Brexit deal. Meanwhile when YouGov asked questions designed to elicit voters’ views of the deal they discovered that around two in five do not know as yet whether they support or back the proposal.

So, there are still plenty of voters out there that Mrs May might yet hope to win over. Trouble is, she badly needs to do so.

The Prime Minister’s Brexit deal is at risk of suffering much the same fate that befell last summer’s Chequers deal. To many Leave voters it looks less attractive than exiting without a deal. Meanwhile, most Remain voters reckon it is still not as good an option as reversing Brexit. Between these two deeply entrenched positions, the deal appears to be a largely friendless compromise.