Brexit vote today: What could happen now Brexiteers are backing May?
BREXITEER Jacob Rees-Mogg has made a U-turn and decided to back Theresa May’s withdrawal agreement as the indicative vote looms tonight, but what could happen with Brexit now?
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Speaking outside Parliament on Wednesday morning, Mr Rees-Mogg said despite Mrs May’s deal being "deeply unsatisfying", it is the only way left of leaving the European Union.
The Brexiteer added: "We are in a terrible constitutional muddle, we have a broken-down relationship between the executive and legislative.
"In those circumstances, the deal that Mrs May has got, with its many faults, is at least leaving the EU.
"I haven't changed my mind on the deal. The only way left of doing it (leaving the EU) is this deeply unsatisfying deal."
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He said the British public have been let down by MPs, describing the alternative Brexit votes scheduled for Wednesday as MPs trying to thwart Brexit.
Mr Rees-Mogg added: "We ought to be leaving on Friday at 11 o'clock with or without a deal but that's not the situation we find ourselves in.
"They (MPs) didn't like the result, they thought the British people have got it wrong, that's what today is all about."
Mr Rees-Mogg told the Daily Mail he has warned colleagues against ousting the Prime Minister - as it would not solve the Brexit crisis.
He said: “A number of Tory MPs think a new leader could swiftly renegotiate but that is almost certainly not true now that Parliament has taken control of the House of Commons timetable.
"I have come to this view because the numbers in Parliament make it clear that all the other potential outcomes are worse and an awkward reality needs to be faced."
Six other Eurosceptic Tories who had previously voted against Mrs May’s deal have now chosen to back it.
These are former Tory vice-chairman Rehman Chishti and Ben Bradley and MPs Michael Fabricant, Gorden Henderson, Eddie Hughes and Henry Smith.
Boris Johnson has also been signalling a change of heart on the subject of Mrs May’s deal, telling the Daily Telegraph: “If we vote it down again, for the third time, there is now, I think, an appreciable risk that we will not leave at all."
This swing amongst those sceptical of Mrs May’s deal could clinch her a victory when her deal goes up for the third meaningful vote.
However, some MPs are standing firm against the Prime Minister's deal despite the risk of no Brexit altogether.
Eurosceptic MP Andrew Bridgen said despite some MPs' concern, he was "very, very unlikely" to vote for Mrs May's deal.
He said: "I'm being spoken to by colleagues who have got grave concerns that it's either the prime minister's lousy withdrawal agreement or, potentially, no Brexit.
"I'm not convinced of that and, at the end of the day, I don't think the withdrawal agreement will give us Brexit."