Philip Hammond this week said it would be “perfectly credible” to discuss the prospect of a “confirmatory referendum” on a Brexit deal. The leading Brexiteer warned there would be “outrage” if the vote of 17.4 million Britons was not respected. Hosting his LBC show, Mr Farage said: “I’m beginning to wonder if MPs inhabit a different planet to the rest of us because, as the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the shadow Brexit secretary get talking very publicly about a confirmatory referendum between Remain and Mrs May’s new Treaty with a slight change to the political declaration, I wonder whether they actually understand what is going on out there in the country.

I wonder whether they actually understand what is going on out there in the country

Nigel Farage

“I have been saying to you in the last couple of week there is a massive shift out there towards no deal.

“People have simply had enough and they want to leave.”

Mr Farage referenced a YouGov poll which stated every region of England and Wales, excluding London, wants to leave the EU without a deal if no agreement is reached by April 12.

The poll, asked 2,098 adults in Britain between March 31 and April 1, 2019: “If Britain has not agreed a deal by April 12, what do you think should happen?”

The results found the Midlands and Wales are 46 percent in favour of a no deal while 31 percent would want to Remain.

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The south of the nation back a no deal by 44 percent and 34 percent want to Remain.

The North of England support a no deal by 41 percent back while 34 percent want to Remain.

But 48 percent of London want to Remain in the EU and only 26 percent back a no deal.

The former Ukip leader added: “What is happening, folks, is a massive shift. People just want to leave and that is happening at the very moment when our politicians are doing, in my opinion, their best to betray that vote.

“At some point something here has got to give.”

Mr Farage said he would prefer a rerun of the original question because a “confirmatory” referendum would not give Brexit-voting Britons a suitable option.

He added: “It would be an outrage. I, honestly, predict you would get the lowest turnout you’ve ever seen. People just would not engage it. They just wouldn’t be able to see the point of it. It must be stopped.”

Speaking to ITV’s Peston programme on Wednesday night, Philip Hammond said: “I have said it’s a perfectly credible proposition.

“Some ideas have been put forward which are not deliverable, they are not negotiable.

“The confirmatory referendum idea, many people will disagree with it, I’m not sure there’s a majority in parliament for it, but it’s a perfectly credible proposition and it deserves to be tested in parliament.”

Mr Hammond added a no deal Brexit could pose a direct risk to the unity and integrity of the UK, handing an opportunity to nationalist forces in Northern Ireland and Scotland.

He asserted: “I think we’re all acutely conscious of the threat that a no deal Brexit would pose to the union.

“I’m acutely conscious of the threat it would pose to the UK economy, to jobs and businesses across the country.”

Theresa May began talks on Wednesday with Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn aimed at avoiding a no deal Brexit.

Two ministers resigned from the Government in protest at the move away from a hard exit.

There is speculation the development could lead to a softer Brexit, with the UK potentially remaining in a customs union with the EU as is Labour Party policy.

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