Brexit LIVE: Brexiteers betrayed? May on KNIFE-EDGE as compromise plan published in 48 HRS
PRIME Minister Theresa May today finds herself on a knife-edge with Number 10 expected to publish its compromise plan for a 'meaningful vote' on the final Brexit deal.
Tory hostilities will likely sky-rocket when Mrs May reveals whether it is Remainers or Brexiteers in her party that are getting betrayed by her partial climbdown on Parliament's power to shape the Brexit talks.
Both sides continue to insist that have guarantees from the PM that their interests will be protected, but it's becoming increasingly hard for Downing Street to square the circle.
The answer will come in the form of a fresh amendment to the EU (Withdrawal) Bill, ahead of its return to the House of Lords.
It has been a chaotic week for Mrs May so far as she looks to make quick progress with Brexit negotiations.
Brexit Secretary David Davis is said to be considering "guerrilla" tactics to oust her with a 'no confidence' vote, after Mrs May's late concession to Tory rebels ended chances of a 'no deal' exit from Brussels.
But Mrs May defended this concession, insisting the Government would "deliver for the people" in a fiery showdown with Jeremy Corbyn during Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday.
It saw her position weakened when she was forced into a climbdown on a 'meaningful vote' to avoid a shattering deafeat in the Commons.
Staunch Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg revealed Remainer concessions on Brexit will only make the chances of a no-deal with the EU more likely.
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Speaking on BBC's Newsnight, he pointed out that Remainers will "gum up the process of negotiation" with the EU and result in the UK leaving the bloc without a deal at all.
Asked by host if he was worried about any concessions given to the Remainers, the MP for North East Somerset responded: “The issue with these concessions is that they actually make no-deal more likely because they would so gum up the process of negotiation.
“Can you imagine that the Government goes off to Brussels and says ‘we can only discuss these three things because these are the only ones that have been covered by a House of Commons resolution’.
“The EU says no, it goes back to the Commons, a week passes then another resolution is passed it means nothing will happen.”
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Brexiteer Iain Duncan Smith has said the PM should walk away from the negotiating table if she is unable to secure a good Brexit deal by the time of the EU Summit next month.
The Tory MP has urged her to ignore Remainers, claiming the EU will only come to the table if there is a threat of a no deal and that Mrs May is right to say that "no deal is better than a bad deal".
He conceded that the PM had been to osoft on the EU, but Brussels has been behaving like an "opponent who wishes to impose their will and force the UK to repent what they believe is the folly of Brexit".
Writing for The Sun, Mr Duncan Smith said: "The British people voted for freedom, and Parliament must remember that nothing should stop the Government delivering on that vote.
"Too often it seems as though it is the UK which negotiates as a supplicant — despite the reality that, as the EU’s largest trade partner and the fifth largest economy in the world, with the world’s fourth most potent defence forces, the UK is deserving of much more respect from the EU."