The majority of Britons want out of the EU, according to an Angus Reid poll.

In the online survey of a representative selection of British people, 42% of respondents said they would vote to get out if a referendum was held tomorrow. Just 35% said they would vote to stay in.

In addition, 51% said EU membership had been either moderately negative or very negative for the United Kingdom. And asked whether or not they favoured the joining the single currency, only 9% said they would be happy to abandon the pound.

A UKIP spokesman says the results prove how the EU’s ill-conceived plan to artificially unite Europe continues to be hugely unpopular.

“This survey doesn’t come as a surprise at all,” he said. “In every test of public opinion on the EU issue, the results always come back the same. The majority of people want Britain to leave the EU.

“The British people aren’t stupid. They know how much we pay to be a member of the European Union – £120bn a year, or £45m a day – and they think its about time they saw some return for their cash.

“But what do we get instead? Corruption, waste and so much red tape and regulation that our country in danger of going bankrupt.

“UKIP has been calling for a referendum on Britain’s membership of the EU for more than 15 years. Now the Tories are in bed with the Liberals, our Party is the only serious political party for those disaffected survey respondents to turn to.”

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