Daniel Hannon argued Conservative MPs should remove Mrs May before the European elections (Image: GETTY & Youtube/OxfordUnion)
Mr Hannan argued Conservative MPs need to replace their leader before the European Parliament elections on May 23. His comments come after a shock General Election poll put the Tories behind the Brexit Party for the first time. Another poll put the Conservatives in fourth for the European Parliament elections.
Writing in the Daily Telegraph Mr Hannan commented: “I hope Conservative MPs, especially those who sit in Cabinet or on the 1922 Executive, understand the magnitude of what is at stake.
“Giving the Prime Minister another two weeks may seem like a compromise.
“But those two extra weeks could mean the end of the Conservative Party after 200 years.”
A poll conducted for Eurosceptic campaign group Brexit Express, and published in the Sunday Telegraph, put the Brexit Party ahead of the