
More than a third of people would cast a protest vote if an early election was called over the expenses scandal, says an exclusive Sky News poll.
The findings highlight the shattered reputation of British politics - with almost half of voters saying the sleazy revelations had damaged their trust in MPs.
Our e-panel survey of 3,000 people found a staggering 36.4% would vote in anger against the major parties if there was a snap General Election to clean up the Commons.
Some 23.8% said they would vote for a smaller party, and 12.6% would back an independent candidate to vent their fury at the main parties.
Only 39.8% said they would still vote for their favoured party regardless of the scandal.
With Parliament's reputation at its lowest ebb since Oliver Cromwell ordered its dissolution in 1653, according to our survey the British people's disgust with MPs would take a humiliating toll on the popularity of the main political parties - particularly Labour.
Only 11.5% would vote for Gordon Brown's embattled party - an incredible
8.2% less than the anti-EU UK Independence Party, which got nearly a fifth of the vote.The Conservatives fared around the same as they did in a weekend poll for the Mail on Sunday - with 31%.
The British National Party were at 9.5%, the Lib Dems 8.5%, and the Green Party 7.6%.