A majority of Conservative Party members are willing to see their party destroyed and the United Kingdom broken up in order to secure Brexit, according to a new YouGov survey.
Asked whether they would rather stay in the EU if Brexit would lead to Scotland or Northern Ireland breaking away from the U.K., 63 percent and 59 percent of party members (respectively) said they would prefer the United Kingdom break up.
Fifty-four percent said they would be willing to see their party destroyed if necessary for the U.K. to leave the EU, according to the survey of 892 Conservative Party members polled between June 11-14.
Sixty-one percent said they would accept significant economic damage to the British economy if it meant leaving the EU.
There’s only one thing most Tory members couldn’t stomach in their pursuit of Brexit: A Prime Minister Jeremy Corbyn. Fifty-one percent said they’d rather stay in the bloc than allow the Labour leader to move into No. 10 Downing Street, though 39 percent said it is a price they are willing to pay.
Just over half of Tory members said they think Britain remaining in the EU would damage their party so much it would never lead the country again, while 52 percent said leaving the bloc would mean victory for their party at the next election.