BREXIT BREAKTHROUGH: Shock momentum behind no deal Brexit REVEALED as May's deal CRUMBLES
A LEADING Brexiteer backbencher has revealed that there is huge momentum building behind a no deal Brexit after dismissing any chances of Theresa May's beleaguered Brexit deal passing in Parliament.
Brexit: Parliament is backing no deal says Peter Bone
Tory MP Peter Bone has confirmed that more and more MPs are coming out to back a no deal Brexit. Speaking to Sky News this morning, the Brexiteer backbencher revealed that there has been a “hardening of views towards a no deal”. He claimed that the scaremongering around Britain leaving the EU without a deal were being rejected by the MPs and the public.
Mr Bone, a lifelong Brexit supporter, also laughed off suggestions that Mrs May’s Brexit deal could pass the House of Commons in mid-January.
He described how opposition to the Prime Minister’s EU strategy has become more fierce over the break.
The Tory MP told Sky News: “There wasn't a deal on the ballot paper in 2016.
“It was Leave or Remain and the way you leave is to come out on the March 29th.
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If there has been any change over Christmas, it’s been a hardening of views towards a no deal
“If there has been any change over Christmas, it’s been a hardening of views towards a no deal.
“The more and more information that comes out about a no deal, it becomes clear that it is absolutely okay to do it.
“The Health Secretary has confirmed just now that there is no problems on the health front.
“We had a senior civil servant come out to say Britain is well prepared for a no deal.”
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Mr Bone’s revelation of growing momentum behind a no deal Brexit comes as a poll showed that a majority of Conservative grassroots members would choose a no deal over Mrs May’s agreement.
The poll, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), saw 57 per cent said they would support leaving under the no-deal scenario, even if they were also given the choice of Mrs May’s deal or a second referendum.
Brexiteer MPs warned the Prime Minister this week that any delay to the key Commons vote next week would be the “political equivalent of a footballer time-wasting in the dying minutes”.
Jacob Rees-Mogg said that politicians had “not gone soft over Christmas”, adding that he expected more than 100 Tories to revolt over the withdrawal agreement.