YouGov Conservative party members poll: Most Conservatives would ditch Northern Ireland to get Brexit
YouGov polled 892 Conservative Party Members between June 11 and June 14 by asking them a variety of different questions.
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Hide AdOne of the most surprising results to emerge from the poll was 59 per cent said Northern Ireland leaving the United Kingdom was a price worth paying if it meant delivering Brexit.
Remarkably, 28 per cent of those polled said they would be prepared to call off Brexit it ensured Northern Ireland remained part of the United Kingdom; 12 per cent said they didn't know.
A majority of 63 per cent of those polled said they would endure Scotland leaving the United Kingdom if it meant delivering on Brexit.
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Hide AdThe party members also said (46 per cent) they would be happy in Nigel Farage became the next Conservative party leader.
The poll also found that 51 per cent of those polled said they would abandon Brexit altogether if it meant stopping Labour party leader, Jeremy Corbyn, becoming Prime Minister.