The increasingly tense political climate in Britain has a large majority concerned that violence will break out, and one in five saying that they are willing to turn to violence if the country continues to decline.

According to a survey of 2,000 adults in the UK by Looking for Growth and Merlin Strategy, 70 per cent of the country are worried that Britain is on the precipice of political violence erupting, the New Statesman reported.

Perhaps more concerningly, one fifth of respondents (21 per cent) said that political violence is sometimes justified, and nearly as many, 19 per cent, said that they would personally be willing to engage in political violence if the state of the country continues to worsen.