Dominic Raab denies he’s on the verge of quitting over Brexit as Tories warn Theresa May is betraying voters

DOMINIC Raab has today denied he's on the verge of quitting over Brexit - as MPs have warned Theresa May could be about to ditch Brexit altogether by tying Britain to Brussels with a terrible deal.

After Boris Johnson said the PM's Chequers plan was "appalling" and would "surrender control to Brussels", Brexiteers ramped up the pressure on the PM today by trashing it further.

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Chief Brexit ringleader Jacob Rees-Mogg tweeted this morning: "Is the Government about to abandon Brexit?"

And last night he said of Theresa May saying Britain would leave the customs union "it's a promise that must not be broken".

Tory MPs fear the PM is "about to abandon Brexit" by selling out to Brussels over plans for the Irish backstop in her rush to get a deal within days.

A whole host of Brexiteers have rallied around the ex-Foreign Secretary, who wrote in The Sun today that Mrs May's Brexit deal "stinks".

Boris's warning comes as it was reported yesterday that a Brexit deal could be just days away.

Mrs May is frantically working to try and get a deal that satisfies her own backbenchers, ministers, with also Brussels and Ireland.

But a Downing Street spokeswoman said: “We are not staying in the Customs Union, the Prime Minister could not have been clearer. This is categorically not the deal.”
“We are making good progress on the future relationship and 95 per cent of the Withdrawal Agreement is now settled. Negotiations are on-going.”

It emerged last night Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab has privately called for a three month time limit to the Irish backstop - and has written to the PM making his demands clear.
It’s understood he made the demand to Irish deputy PM Simon Coveney last week in a private meeting.

But today the Taoisech dismissed the idea, saying it would not be accepted by Ireland of the EU.

"A backstop with a three-month limit on it or expiry date of that nature isn't worth the paper it's written on and what the backstop the UK Government has signed up to is a legally operative backstop that will apply unless and until we have any agreement to supersede it," he said.

"I think it's reasonable for us to expect a country like the United Kingdom and a government like the UK Government to stand by its commitments."

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EU officials claimed Mrs May has just a 50/50 chance of striking a deal.

The backstop, which would see Britain staying in the customs union until both sides agree an alternative way of keeping the Irish border open, is the last remaining big issue at stake.