Theresa May to make late Brexit deal plea to MPs over fireside whiskies
Prime Minister Theresa May is planning a series of cosy chats with MPs to convince them her Brexit deal is best for Britain
THE PM will make a last-ditch plea to Tory MPs over fireside whiskies and chats to save her Brexit deal — and her leadership.
Theresa May will see about half a dozen at a time in No10 or the Commons this week.
Mrs May returns from the G20 Argentina summit today — with nine days left to avoid a Commons massacre.
She said in Buenos Aires yesterday: “I’ll be talking with MPs and explaining to them why I believe this is a good deal.
"The next nine days are a really important time for our country.”
The PM said passing the deal would “take us to certainty — failure to do that would lead to uncertainty”.
Her charm offensive is seen as a bid to limit the scale of the defeat, currently set for triple figures.
But a senior Tory last night claimed No10 was living in “cloud cuckoo land” if it believed she could survive a loss of any size.
An MP added: “Defeat on the flagship policy she has fought over two years for is so significant, she’d have to go.
"This is the end game.”
Quizzed on whether a loss would see her out of No10, Mrs May told The Sun on Sunday: “There’s a lot more for me still to do — not least being the Prime Minister who takes the UK out of the EU.”
Tory Mark François, set to oppose her deal, said: “I’m not convinced a chat and Scotch will persuade MPs to let down the country and vote to be a vassal state.”
Japan leader issues warning
THERESA May was yesterday urged by Japan’s PM to avoid a No Deal Brexit.
Shinzo Abe praised Mrs May’s leadership in getting a deal with the EU.
But piling pressure on the PM, he asked for her support to avoid No Deal.
Japanese investors have warned Britain would lose its “gateway to Europe” standing in a No Deal.
Westminster insiders said Mr Abe rivalled Barack Obama’s “back of the queue” comment before the 2016 Referendum.
But Brexiteer Jacob Rees Mogg said: “Made in Japan is a symbol of quality manufacturing but not of good policy making.”
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Culture Secretary Jeremy Wright hinted rejecting the Brexit deal could see a second referendum.
He said: “We then leave with no deal and serious economic consequences.
“Or we say to the public, ‘You’ll have to do it again’.”
Labour: Show us your legal bits
LABOUR and the DUP are continuing their fight for the Government to publish its full legal advice on Theresa May’s Brexit plan.
They will be joined in their push this week by Tory Eurosceptics.
There are only plans at present to release a summary.
A Labour spokesman said that was “not good enough”.
Attorney General Geoffrey Cox will answer questions on the matter in the Commons tomorrow.
DUP deputy leader Nigel Dodds has said: “What has the Government got to hide?”
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