More people support suspending Parliament to push through no-deal Brexit than oppose it, poll shows

More than half the British public would support suspending Parliament to push through Brexit without a deal, a new poll shows.

The shock survey found 54% of people who expressed a view on the matter agree that the Prime Minister ‘needs to deliver Brexit by any means, including suspending Parliament if necessary, in order to prevent MPs from stopping it’.

A ComRes poll for The Telegraph asked 2,011 British adults what they thought about the latest political developments.

Many MPs have expressed outrage at the idea of ‘proroguing’ Parliament in order to avoid a no-deal scenario being halted by the Commons.

It seems the general public have fewer qualms about it, however.

The poll also found, however, that 51% of respondents agree that ‘Brexit should be halted if problems over the Northern Ireland border threaten to split the Union’.

According to the figures, 88% of respondents feel Parliament is ‘out of touch’ with the British public, and that 89% feel MPs ‘ignore the wishes of voters and push their own agendas’ on Brexit.

As well as this, the poll found 77% of respondents agree the Queen should ‘remain above politics and refuse to get involved in Brexit’.

Andrew Hawkins, chairman of ComRes, said: ‘With the largest Tory lead over Labour from ComRes this year, this poll is confirmation that the Boris Bounce is real and shows no sign of disappearing despite the Parliamentary break.

‘Boris’s support has been boosted by him outperforming expectations, including among a third of Labour and Lib Dem voters.

‘It will not be lost on Jeremy Corbyn as he contemplates attempting to call a vote of no confidence that Boris could win an election with barely a third of the vote because support is so fragmented across all the parties.

‘If Boris can deliver Brexit, without too much collateral damage to the economy, he stands to win big.

‘He is within touching distance of an overall majority even without the support of the one in five 2017 Tory voters who are still lending their support to the Brexit Party.

‘If he can woo them back by delivering on his promise to leave the EU, apparently even if it means suspending Parliament, then he could well be on track to win a working majority’.

This article has been amended to make clear that the figure of 54% was based on those respondents who expressed a view, after those who said they did not know their preference had been excluded.

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