The Brexit Party have surged ahead in the polls for this Thursday’s European elections and are expected to receive more than a third of the share of the votes. Annunziata Rees-Mogg, sister of Conservative MP for North East Somerset, Jacob Rees-Mogg, has highlighted how the Remain backing parties failure to secure unity ahead of the vote, could be playing into the hands of the Brexit Party. Ms Rees-Mogg, who left the Conservative Party to run as a candidate for the Brexit Party in the EU elections, said the divisions between Remain-backing parties shows “they are never going to make a success of the direction they want to take us in”.

Speaking to Express.co.uk, Ms Rees-Mogg said: “I think it is extremely arguable that there are five options for Remain voters and indeed, not the same on the Leave side.

“The fact they can’t work together, proves they are never going to make a success of the direction they want to take us in.

“They don’t know with a united voice where they want to go.”

Asked about the Brexit Party’s success in the polls, and what they can expect in the vote on Thursday, Ms Rees-Mogg said: “Making predictions is a fool’s errand. We will do as well as people think we deserve to do.

They don’t know with a united voice where they want to go

Annunziata Rees-Mogg

“I hope that will be extremely high. Certainly, the reception we are getting is certainly positive.”

The latest YouGov poll published towards the end of last week shows the Brexit Party in a commanding lead ahead of Thursday’s vote with 35 percent.

The Lib Dems moved into second place with 16 percent, Labour Party has 15 percent, Green Party 10 percent and Conservatives on just nine percent.

The YouGov survey took place between May 12 and May 16 and quizzed 7,192 adults in the UK on their voting intentions for the European elections.

Speaking on BBC News on Monday, Liberal Democrat leader Sir Vince Cable was asked about Remain-backing parties not creating an “alliance” ahead of the EU vote this week.

He said: “I would have been happier if we had a common position, I was certainly in favour of that, but it didn’t work out, for a mixture of reasons, technical, and others.

“We are where we are and I think the sensible way for voters to respond to that situation is to vote for the strongest of the Remain parties.

“It has happened that people are getting behind us. We are clearly the strongest of the Remain parties.

“If the momentum is carried through to polling day, we will do extremely well, and as I say, be snapping at the heels of the Brexit Party.”

It comes as Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage had a milkshake thrown at him during a visit to Newcastle on Monday.

A 32-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of common assault, Northumbria Police said. A spokesman said: “A 32-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of common assault and remains in police custody.”

Tweeting after the incident, Mr Farage wrote: “Sadly some Remainers have become radicalised, to the extent that normal campaigning is becoming impossible.

“For a civilised democracy to work you need the losers consent, politicians not accepting the referendum result have led us to this.”

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