British voters want Theresa May to resign as prime minister following the humiliating defeat for her Brexit deal and for MPs to block no deal while voting to extend Article 50, according to an exclusive snap poll.
The POLITICO-Hanbury poll of 500 adults, carried out in the hours after the U.K. prime minister’s Brexit deal was overwhelmingly rejected for a second time Tuesday evening, reveals widespread discontent with the amended deal May brought back to the Commons. The survey also showed growing support for no deal and a second referendum — as well as for remaining in the EU.
Most strikingly, there is now clear public support for the prime minister to quit. After Tuesday night’s events, 50 percent of respondents said May should resign, compared to just 32 percent who indicated she should stay. Even a quarter of Tory voters now think the PM should go, the poll suggests.
The public narrowly also favor — by 42 percent to 38 percent — a general election to break the deadlock. But on this question they are split along party lines, with Conservative voters opposed 76 to 16 percent and Labour voters in favor by 67 to 18 percent. [...]
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