YOU’VE LOST RESPECT OF THE NATION

...and Corbyn proves them right by snubbing Brexit talks after PM wins confidence vote

PUBLIC respect for Parliament has plummeted after the political paralysis over Brexit, a damning opinion poll has revealed today.

Three-quarters of voters say the crisishit EU departure process has shown that the current generation of MPs are “not up to the job”, according to the data from polling firm ComRes.

A complete overhaul of the country’s entire political system is wanted by a massive 72 per cent of people who were quizzed in the survey.

But despite the chaos embroiling Brexit, a majority of voters (53 per cent) still want the result of the 2016 EU Leave vote to be honoured by ensuring the UK’s withdrawal from the bloc and do not

want a second referendum to be triggered.

The scathing verdict on the Westminster political elite is delivered today in the ComRes poll of more than 2,000 voters commissioned by the Daily Express.

They were quizzed in the run up to the crushing Commons defeat for Theresa May’s EU Withdrawal Agreement earlier this week that has left the Brexit process hanging in the balance.

The Prime Minister yesterday survived an attempt by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn to oust her from office when Tory and Democratic Unionist Party MPs united to back her in a confidence vote in the Commons.

She was poised to reach out MPs from both sides of the Commons in coming days to try to build a new Brexit plan with cross-party support.

Andrew Hawkins, executive chairman of ComRes, said: “Parliamentarians will be alarmed to see the extent to which the Brexit stalemate has damaged the reputation of politics and politicians and is triggering significant support for constitutional change.

“One important legacy of Brexit may well be a clamour for rebooting the wider political system, including electoral and House of Lords reform, scrapping the honours system and more devolution.” He added: “When the dust settles after Brexit, it will take a long time for Parliament to regain the trust of the wider electorate.

“Whatever other impact Brexit may have, it is already pitching Parliament against the will of the voting public and the staggeringly low levels of positive sentiment towards politicians should give enormous cause for concern.”

Ahead of the latest political manoeuvring over Brexit, today’s Daily Express ComRes poll revealed deepening disenchantment with Westminster among the voters as a result of the deadlock over the issue.

Only six per cent of voters agreed that Parliament was “emerging from the Brexit process in a good light”, the Daily Express ComRes poll found. Nearly four out of five (79 per cent) of voters quizzed in the poll disagreed with the statement with very similar feelings among both Tory and Labour voters.

Only 10 per cent thought politicians were in touch with the mood of the country while 74 per cent disagreed.

Two thirds (67 per cent) of voters in the survey felt the political system did not enable their voice to be heard.

Less than a third of voters (31 per cent) wanted Brexit cancelled or a second referendum on the UK’s relationship with the EU to be held.

Voters in the survey overwhelmingly wanted a string of radical reforms to overhaul the political system. A majority (54 per cent) backed reducing the number of MPs in the Commons from 650

to 600, 62 per cent wanted more decisions to be made at a local level rather than in Parliament

and 72 per cent wanted a written constitution that set out clear legal rules for how civil servants

and ministers should act. Labour had a narrow two per cent lead over the Tories when voters in

the poll were quizzed about their choice in a general election.

Jeremy Corbyn’s party was

given a 39 per cent share of support while the Tories were on 37 per cent.