Defiant Theresa May faces Cabinet mutineers over Brexit deal as she fights for her political life
THERESA May today faced down hostile MPs as she fights for her political life amidst fallout from her Brexit deal.
The PM is currently holding a crunch Cabinet showdown where she is setting out the details of the agreement she’s struck with Brussels.
Theresa May faces a crucial day as she faces down her CabinetReuters
A number of pro-Brexit ministers are feared to be on the brink of walking out over the deal.
But before that meeting she had to take Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of Commons – where MPs on all side tore into the proposed agreement.
And Mrs May’s crisis deepened as a leaked memo revealed the EU has boasted of keeping “all the controls” over Britain after Brexit.
Michel Barnier’s deputy threatened to use the controversial “Irish backstop” arrangement to make sure Britain is tied to the EU customs union for years to come.
On a day of high drama in Westminster:
Mrs May used PMQs to defend her proposed deal But backbenchers warned she will “lose the support of many Conservative MPs and millions of voters” DUP boss Arlene Foster flew in to London this morning – warning of “worrying times” ahead Boris Johnson called on ministers to show some backbone and block the deal Tory Brexiteers suggested they could seek to force Mrs May out of office within days Civil servants prepared to publish the full withdrawal agreement stretching to 400-plus pages
And she is to thick to realise they are stitching her up
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