More than 80 per cent of residents in Bermuda oppose independence for the British Overseas Territory which has a population of around 64,000 people.
This is according to results of a new online opinion poll published by the Royal Gazette newspaper.
The poll, conducted by Narrative Research Bermuda, suggested a hardening of attitudes against cutting ties with Britain more than 25 years after a referendum showed almost three-quarters of voters opposed going it alone.
In a sharp increase since the question was last posed in September 2019, 83 per cent now oppose sovereignty, up from 71 per cent.
Just 10 per cent support independence, down from 23 per cent.
The latest poll comes in the wake of Premier David Burt using a visit to London for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II in September to insist that Bermuda's "next step" was sovereignty.
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