British PM May's Conservatives slump to fifth place ahead of EU election: YouGov poll

LONDON: British Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservatives have slumped to fifth place ahead of the May 23 European parliamentary election while the Nigel Farage's Brexit Party was in the lead, a YouGov opinion poll for The Times newspaper showed.

The Brexit Party was in the lead, up four percentage points, on 34pc while May's Conservative Party had just 10pc, the poll showed.

Labour was down five points on 16pc, while two parties which support staying in the EU, the Liberal Democrats and the Greens, were on 15pc and 11pc respectively.

The collapse in support for the Conservative Party is piling pressure on May to set a date for her departure.