Former Conservative Party leader and Brexit supporter Iain Duncan Smith claimed there was a noticeable response from constituents when the UK did not leave the European Union on March 29. The Prime Minister repeatedly said in the House of Commons the UK would leave the European Union at the end of March this year, but Brexit has now been delayed until the end of October. Speaking on Sky News, Conservative Brexiteer Iain Duncan Smith claimed the party’s failure to deliver Brexit on time was a “disaster”.

He told Sophy Ridge: “I haven’t seen a lot of stuff from constituents coming in from the beginning. But, it was on March 29 when we didn’t leave this is where this has all gone wrong.

“Up until then, people were prepared to give Theresa May the benefit of the doubt, but they knew she had said we would leave on March 29.

“The big problem was, as soon as we didn’t leave, you could see all the poll ratings start to crash, and it’s only linked to the fact that Leave or Remain they were expecting us to go.

“When we didn’t go it looked like a complete breach of the pledge we had made and that’s a disaster for a political party.

It was on March 29 when we didn’t leave this is where this has all gone wrong

Iain Duncan Smith

“That polling at the moment I think is very voluble and very flexible, but it is where it is now and I expect it is about right.”

Last week the European Union agreed to delay Britain’s departure from the bloc until the end of October after Mrs May wrote to Brussels asking for an extension to the Article 50 process.

The UK will be forced to take part in European elections unless the Prime Minister’s deal passes in the Commons before the end of May.

The Government have been in crunch Brexit talks with the Labour Party to try to find a compromise to deliver Britain’s EU exit after Mrs May reached out the Jeremy Corbyn.

Speaking in the House of Commons on Thursday, the Prime Minister told MPs it was their “national duty” to agree to a Brexit deal.

She said: “We need to resolve this. So that we can leave the European Union with a deal as soon as possible.

“So that we can avoid having to hold those European Parliamentary elections. And above all, so that we can fulfil the democratic decision of the referendum, deliver Brexit and move our country forward.

“This is our national duty as elected members of this House – and nothing today is more pressing or more vital.”

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