Tory MPs warned Jeremy Corbyn could become PM by Christmas if May isn’t backed
Conservative ministers have been advised to back Theresa May or risk Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn stepping into 10 Downing Street over the festive period
TORY MPs have been warned the could get Jeremy Corbyn for Christmas unless they get behind Theresa May’s Brexit plan.
The Labour leader could win power by default if the government collapses in the wake of a hefty Commons defeat on Tuesday.
Labour has vowed to mount a no-confidence vote and if she loses that Tories will have 14 days to pick a new leader to take her place.
Should they be unable to do so, Mr Corbyn could theoretically be given chance to form a government - propped up by Scottish Nationalists - on Christmas Day.
One Cabinet minister said: “Some of my fellow Tory MPs are busy writing their fantasy Christmas lists topped with Super Canada and a brand new party leader.
“But the grim truth is if they reject the gift the PM is offering they don’t get that shiny new train set, they get a dirty great lump of coal in the form of a Corbyn government propped up by Nicola Sturgeon’s separatists.”
Under the Fixed-Term Parliament Act brought in by the Tory-Lib Dem coalition in 2010, two -thirds of MPs must back a no-confidence motion to trigger a general election.
But a simple majority is enough to topple the sitting PM.
Angry Tory rebels have accused whips of “weaponising Corbyn” to get them to back Mrs May’s deal.
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