Tory Brexiteer Legal Group Gives Qualified Support To Boris Deal Before Confirmation Vote
A group of so-called ‘Brexit Spartans’ who previously opposed Theresa May’s Brexit deal have announced they will support Boris Johnson’s.
A group of so-called ‘Brexit Spartans’ who previously opposed Theresa May’s Brexit deal have announced they will support Boris Johnson’s.
A growing number of Conservative Brexiteers are calling for the government to allow more time to scrutinise the EU trade deal before it becomes law, to avoid Brussels catching out London in “some treaty-driven checkmate position” — as it had done to Switzerland — in the future.
Around 30 Brexiteer Conservative MPs could vote against or abstain over Boris Johnson’s trade deal with the European Union, if the prime minister agrees to a soft Brexit, or ‘Brexit In Name Only’.
Some 40 Conservative MPs are reportedly planning to refuse to take Black Lives Matter-inspired ‘unconscious bias training’, while reports claim that parliamentary staff have been encouraged to make confessionals about their “privilege”.
Tory Brexiteers, dubbed “the Spartans”, are reportedly split on whether to support Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s proposed exit treaty.
Steve Baker, the former Brexit minister who leads the European Research Group (ERG) of Tory Leavers in Parliament, has suggested Britain appoint Nigel Farage as its next European Commissioner.
A new study shows Leave-voting Labour voters are considering switching their support to Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party, and not Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party — lending weight to calls for the Tory leader do an election deal with Farage to secure Britain’s exit from the European Union.
Chairman of the European Research Group (ERG) Steve Baker has called on the prime minister to reverse his rejection of an election pact with Nigel Farage, with other Tory Spartans saying the agreement is needed to win Brexit-supporting seats in Labour heartlands.
Steve Baker MP has called for an election pact between his Conservative Party and Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party in the event of a snap election, saying otherwise there will be a victory for the “Remain coalition”.
Mark Francois has said the European Research Group (ERG) will reject the EU-approved Brexit treaty for a fourth time if the prime minister only manages to remove the controversial Irish backstop.
The vice chairman of the influential European Research Group has said that there are enough backbench Tory MPs to vote down any future attempts to pass the EU’s withdrawal treaty.
Leading Brexiteer Steve Baker MP has declined to reprise his old junior minister’s job in Boris Johnson’s government, signalling that Tory Leavers will not follow the new prime minister blindly.
Labour’s David Lammy has insisted that comparing the Brexit-supporting European Research Group (ERG) to the Nazis “wasn’t strong enough” and suggested the BBC should deplatform them, shortly after demanding an amnesty for hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants.
Annunziata Rees-Mogg, the sister of European Research Group (ERG) chief Jacob Rees-Mogg who was hailed as Nigel Farage’s “secret weapon” when he unveiled her as a Brexit Party candidate, says she has her brother’s support.
Tory Brexiteer and Vice-Chairman of the pro-Brexit European Research Group Mark Francois has told the Chancellor ‘up yours’ in an interview on Radio 4 as he accused Hammond of leading a group of cabinet MP’s to try and stop Brexit.
A senior Tory Brexiteer has warned that “up themselves” parliamentarians, led by Remainers from his own party, are launching “a coup against the British people” in order to “destroy Brexit”.
Theresa May is considering giving MPs a vote on seven Brexit options, including revoking Article 50, over fears her Withdrawal Agreement will not pass in the House of Commons, according to Sky News sources.
Reactions to the second rejection of Theresa May’s deal with the European Union have been rolling in from Brexiteers both within and without Parliament, with MPs defending their decision to vote against the Prime Minister but fearful of her planned free vote on taking “No Deal” off the negotiating table.
Prime Minister Theresa May is reportedly set to rule out a clean, no-deal exit from the EU to stop mass resignations from remainer ministers.
The British government has insisted that a full ‘no deal’ Brexit where the United Kingdom actually leaves the European Union is still on the table, despite clear messages from the Prime Minister and other senior figures that indicate otherwise, hours after another Commons defeat inflicted by a group of Brexiteer rebel Conservatives.
Leading Tory Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg has backed calls for the Queen to prorogue (suspend) the parliamentary session if MPs loyal to the EU can orchestrate votes blocking a clean Brexit.
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Theresa May’s decision to award long-time eurosceptic John Hayes MP a surprise knighthood after he defended her leadership has gone down poorly with Brexiteers.
Rebel backbench leader Jacob Rees-Mogg and resigned Brexit secretary David Davis presented a paper addressing the “imagined” problems and roadblocks to Brexit Tuesday morning, which they said gives “practical answers” on how to leave the European Union without surrendering sovereignty.
The Prime Minister is preparing to tell Brexiteer ministers there is no way to change or improve her draft Brexit withdrawal agreement, reports suggest.
Pro-Brexit groups are to launch an alternative Chequers plan Monday that rejects the proposed restrictive alignment with the European Union and recommends the UK become economically competitive again and resume a leadership role in global trade and services.
Around 40 Tory MPs have gathered to “openly” discuss how to remove Theresa May as Prime Minister, with the support of just 48 needed to trigger a vote of no confidence.
Walking away from the European Union (EU) with a clean, ‘no deal’ Brexit will boost the UK economy by £1.1 trillion over 15 years, an influential group of MPs led by Jacob Rees-Mogg will argue.
Sixty Tory MPs led by Jacob Rees-Mogg are to launch a plan to scrap the Prime Minister’s ‘Soft Brexit’ Chequers proposals and highlight the benefits of a clean exit from the Brussels bloc.
Pro-Brexit Tories are plotting to challenge the Prime Minister directly by drawing up their own “positive” plan for a clean Brexit, including a “no deal” exit from the European Union (EU).
Leading Brexit supporter Jacob Rees-Mogg MP has warned Britain faces “perpetual purgatory” in the European Union, after the government signalled it would be willing to remain tethered to the bloc’s Customs Union after 2021.