Fury over Brexit driving British voters away from establishment parties ahead of EU elections
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“We feel betrayed, bitterly betrayed,” said Lindsay Edgar, a long-time Tory voter who is now backing the Brexit Party which was created just six weeks ago by ardent Euroskeptic Nigel Farage and is leading in opinion polls at 37 per cent. “Theresa May just hasn’t delivered and doesn’t have the will to deliver a meaningful Brexit,” added Ms. Edgar, who is a teacher in London.
Those who don’t want Britain to leave the EU have also been keen to use Thursday’s election as a litmus test for Brexit. Another new party called Change UK is campaigning for the government to revoke Brexit altogether. The party was founded two months ago by a group of 11 Tory and Labour MPs who left their respective parties in order to campaign for the country to stay in the EU.
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