London,
Nigel Farage’s anti-EU Brexit party topped European Parliament polls in Britain, results showed Monday, putting intense pressure on the ruling Conservatives who suffered a historic rout.
The populist party, founded just three months ago, capitalised on public anger over delays to Britain’s exit from the European Union, winning almost 32 percent with almost all votes counted.
Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative party meanwhile slumped to nine percent, its worst electoral result since 1832.
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In a sign of the divisions still gripping Britain three years after the referendum vote for Brexit, the pro-European Liberal Democrats and Greens also made significant gains.