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Back UK PM May or face national election, Brexit rebels told

 

British Prime Minister Theresa May reacts to a flypast at the Farnborough Airshow, in Farnborough, Britain July 16, 2018. Matt Cardy/Pool via REUTERS/Files

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Pro-European Union rebels were threatened with a general election this summer if they defeated Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit plans on customs, a lawmaker said on Wednesday, threatening to widen rifts in the PM's party.

 

Conservative whips, who enforce discipline in the party, threatened to call a confidence vote that could bring down the government before a crucial vote on Tuesday on customs, one lawmaker told Reuters. Rebel lawmaker Anna Soubry told BBC radio that the prospect of a national election was also raised.

 

"It was an appalling spectacle," Soubry told BBC Radio 4, adding she had told a senior whip to "bring it on".

 

"These nonsenses of threatening general elections, and votes of confidence in the prime minister ... bring it on, because I shall be the first in the queue to give my vote of full confidence in the prime minister," Soubry said. "Problem is, I don't think she's in charge any more."

 

Conservative lawmakers fear an election, and the possible victory of veteran socialist Jeremy Corbyn. Earlier this month, his Labour Party took a lead in the polls.

 

Labour also says the June 2016 referendum vote to leave the European Union must be respected but has attacked the PM over the splits in her party.

 

In one of the most tumultuous periods in recent British political history, there have been four major votes in the past four years: the Scottish independence referendum of 2014, the 2015 UK election, the Brexit referendum of 2016 and the snap election called by May last year.

 

May narrowly avoided a defeat in parliament at the hands of the pro-EU lawmakers from her own party in Tuesday's vote, helped by four opposition Labour lawmakers who went against their party to support the government. Turmoil over Brexit plans has hit the pound.

 

Parliament voted 307 to 301 against an amendment to trade legislation that would have required the government to try to negotiate a customs union arrangement with the EU if, by Jan. 21, 2019, it had failed to negotiate a frictionless free trade deal with the bloc.

 

On Monday, May infuriated Conservative lawmakers who want to keep the closest possible ties with the EU when she decided to accept a number of demands by hardline pro-Brexit MPs from her party.

 

That came after she had fought hard to get the agreement of cabinet ministers at her Chequers country residence earlier this month for her vision of Brexit. The cabinet deal was then undermined by the resignations of Brexit minister David Davis and Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson.

 

(Reporting by Guy Faulconbridge and Alistair Smout; Editing by Catherine Evans)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2018-07-18

[DoctorG]

She is in a hopeless situation of her own making. It now does not matter what she does Labour will win the next election. Good luck with Corbyn Britain, you are going to need it.

[brewsterbudgen]

A General Election or a referendum on the "deal" - something has to give!

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[alant]

All this about a set of proposals yet to be put to the EU...

I think the EU will simply use this to turn the screws even more and say no deal

Then what?

[nauseus]

27 minutes ago, DoctorG said:

She is in a hopeless situation of her own making. It now does not matter what she does Labour will win the next election. Good luck with Corbyn Britain, you are going to need it.

It's Britain that needs the luck with all these idiots in parliament.

[nauseus]

13 minutes ago, alant said:

All this about a set of proposals yet to be put to the EU...

I think the EU will simply use this to turn the screws even more and say no deal

Then what?

Yes, they will just say no anyway. Nothing new there.

[Chomper Higgot]

This is what happens when the working class swallow the lie that Old Etonians and the owners of Hedge Funds have the best interests at heart.

 

Never trust a Tory!

[brewsterbudgen]

All this about a set of proposals yet to be put to the EU...
I think the EU will simply use this to turn the screws even more and say no deal
Then what?

Then the public should be allowed a vote on whether to leave with no deal, or remain.

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[nauseus]

26 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said:

Then the public should be allowed a vote on whether to leave with no deal, or remain.

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That box has been ticked already.

[dunroaming]

5 hours ago, alant said:

All this about a set of proposals yet to be put to the EU...

I think the EU will simply use this to turn the screws even more and say no deal

Then what?

The EU don't want a No Deal outcome.  That is why May was using it as the threat "No deal is better than a bad deal".

 

The people pushing us towards a no deal are the Brexiteers JRM and Johnson, by rejecting May's proposals when she comes up with a plan that the EU will work with.  I totally agree that the EU will harden their position rather than soften it as they see the chaos in the British Government.

 

If JRM or BJ think they can negotiate a better deal than May then they need to step up.  The PM-ship is there for the taking and I am sure that May would be happy to hand it over.  But as I have said many times now,  they are gutless and more accurately, very aware that Brexit, in a form that could be negotiated with the EU, isn't feasible at all.  They would inevitably end up with No Deal and they ain't going to put their names to that!

[sammieuk1]

Soon they will be on the phone seeking advice from a lardy general of just how to get out of the crap by denial its that bad. 

[lubfishin]

6 hours ago, alant said:

All this about a set of proposals yet to be put to the EU...

I think the EU will simply use this to turn the screws even more and say no deal

Then what?

Then what? Then it is a no deal brexit which is better than what May was trying to trick people into backing. 

[Baerboxer]

7 hours ago, DoctorG said:

She is in a hopeless situation of her own making. It now does not matter what she does Labour will win the next election. Good luck with Corbyn Britain, you are going to need it.

 

Indeed we will. He detests the UK and all it stands for. It won't be a case of governing for the people it will be a case of trying to destroy capitalism with a return to nationalizations, management by unions, massive personal and business taxation, abolishing Britain's nuclear deterrent, and supporting slitting the union up. Expect state control and interference at all levels and then the usual lies as things fall horrendously apart.

 

All the ideas that didn't work in the 70's and have been proven not to work in many other countries since will be trotted out and hailed as the new vision.

 

No credible opposition to either these two dinosaur parties means disaster is looming and no one has a brake.

[dunroaming]

29 minutes ago, lubfishin said:

Then what? Then it is a no deal brexit which is better than what May was trying to trick people into backing. 

How was she trying to trick people into backing it?  By people I assume you mean the MPs? The Chequers proposal was terrible for both sides but she didn't try to trick anyone.  She laid it on the table, her cabinet signed up for it and then when the white paper was presented the MP's (quite rightly) made their feeling felt.  How would you do it then?

[bristolboy]

3 hours ago, nauseus said:

That box has been ticked already.

Voting once means never getting to say you're sorry.

[brewsterbudgen]

Voting once means never getting to say you're sorry.

If they really meant it why did we have a referendum to leave as we had one to join in 1975. Circumstances change. Let the people decide. Why are Brexiters so scared? I think I know the answer!!

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[nauseus]

3 hours ago, bristolboy said:

Voting once means never getting to say you're sorry.

Well a lot of people are still sorry they voted the wrong way in 1975, so this has been their chance to apologise. 

[brewsterbudgen]

Well a lot of people are still sorry they voted the wrong way in 1975, so this has been their chance to apologise. 

Exactly. Hopefully this time it will be a much shorter wait for people to get the chance to apologise for the damage Brexit will cause. If the ramifications of a "hard" or "no deal" Brexit had been known, the result would have been very different. The people need to decide.

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