Tory civil war sparked as PM bans MPs voting on Brexit negotiation plan
Theresa May angers senior backbench MPs by refusing a vote after a heated six hour Commons debate
THERESA May sparked fresh Tory civil war last night by refusing MPs a vote on her Brexit plan.
Furious senior MPs turned on their own ministers in a heated six-hour Commons debate.
Pro-EU Conservative Claire Perry accused Brexit Secretary David Davis of ignoring the national interest to put his “narrow ideological interests first”.
Four ex-ministers also sided with Labour to demand MPs have the right to water down a “hard Brexit” clean break.
Backing up the PM, Mr Davis pledged Downing Street would take in all MPs’ views.
But he insisted: “What I won’t allow is any party to have a veto on the decision to leave the EU.”
Mr Davis also hit back to attack banks and other EU countries for mounting a “blame Brexit festival”.
Earlier during PMQs, Mrs May told MPs to put their faith in her, saying: “We will negotiate the right deal for the UK - that’s what matters to everyone in the UK and that’s what we will deliver”.
Despite the stand off, neither Labour nor the Government dared MPs’ verdict to a vote.
The pound saw another rollercoaster day on City markets during the debate, bouncing up and down on ministers’ pronouncements on Brexit.
The Government will go to court today to try to stop a bid by lawyers to force a Commons vote on when Mrs May can trigger Article 50.