The Brexit Party is now odds-on to face total annihilation in next week’s general election, as a stream of resignations hit Nigel Farage’s campaign.
Bookmakers say the Eurosceptic party is likely to not win a single seat in the December 12 poll, setting its odds of total defeat at 2/7.
The crushing prediction follows news that three prominent MEPs have quit the party to back the Prime Minister's push to "get Brexit done".
Annunziata Rees-Mogg, sister of cabinet minister Jacob, Lance Forman and Lucy Harris have all resigned the whip and are now urging voters to support the Tories on polling day instead.
Another Brexit Party MEP John Longworth, the former director general of the British Chambers of Commerce, was sacked for "repeatedly undermining" Mr Farage's election strategy.
Betfair Spokesperson, Katie Baylis said: “After starting their campaign with a bang, the Brexit Party has failed to live up to their own hype and today’s resignations show that they are not the force Nigel Farage had hoped for.
“The party is now odds-on at 2/7 on Betfair Exchange not to win a single seat after being odds-on at 2/5 to win at least one in October.
“Incredibly, they had been as short as 12/1 in June for an overall majority, but with the wheels starting to fall off their campaign they are now at 999/1.”
Meanwhile, the Tories are steaming ahead with a 72 per cent chance of achieving an overall majority, according to Betfair Exchange.
Labour’s odds of an overall majority are set at bleak two per cent, while for the Liberal Democrats it seems an impossibility.
“The Lib Dems, who were also expected to play a big part in the outcome of the Election have failed to impress the punters during their campaign,” Ms Baylis said.
“Their odds were as short as 10/1 in July on the Most Seats market, but are now out to 499/1, while they are 999/1 for an overall majority after being as short as 20/1.”
Last month, Jo Swinson’s party was odd-on at 1/6 to get more than 25 seats, but this has been reduced to 3/1.
Instead they are predicted to secure just 10-19 seats, with just seven days until all parties’ fates are decided.
