Desperate Theresa May forced to call the UNIONS to beg for them to support her botched Brexit deal as she faces 228 vote defeat
The Prime Minister is doing a ring round of general secretaries as part of a leftie ambush to get some Labour MPs on side - totally unprecedented for a Tory PM
DESPERATE Theresa May is ringing around union leaders now to try and get Labour support for her hated Brexit deal.
Ministers also revealed they are considering accepting concessions on workers rights as part of a leftie ambush - as she could face a 228 vote defeat next week
In a completely unprecedented move for a Tory PM, she has called Unite's boss Len McClusky and GMB's Tim Roache, revealed today.
Mr Roache said he was glad the PM had "finally picked up the phone" but that the deal was not good enough.
"If the deal genuinely did the the job for GMB members, our union would support it, but it doesn't," he said.
Earlier today both unions came out all guns blazing against her deal, saying her efforts to woo them were still not enough to get their backing.
And Caroline Flint added: "Given the government cannot rely on the hard Brexiteers on their side, they have to reach out across the House to Labour."
But Labour's John McDonnell has said Labour will refuse to back the PM, even if a few MPs can be peeled off.
And unions including Unite, GMB and the TUC came out to trash the latest concession too.
But Mr Roache said this evening that the PM should now extend Article 50.
He said today the Tories were trying to "con" them over workers' rights.
"Nobody’s fooled. May is just desperately trying to hang on. It’s increasingly evident that there is no government in power so let’s have the general election that the country needs to sort this out."
And the TUC has said they aren't behind it and the PM is "falling short".
Frances O'Grady said: "This amendment makes no change to a bad deal for working people's jobs and rights."
They say the changes aren't binding and don't provide long-term guarantees.
Yesterday the PM revealed new concessions to try and win over MPs - but they won't be legally binding.
And the Irish PM trashed them earlier, saying: "I don't think a Northern Ireland executive can hold a veto over the implementation of an international treaty between the UK and the EU."
The news came just hours after Theresa May suffered her second embarrassing Commons defeat over Brexit in 24 hours yesterday.
MPs voted to bind her hands and force her back to the Commons within three days with her Plan B if her deal fails.
Meanwhile Labour's Sir Keir Starmer and Tory Sir Oliver Letwin are already discussing how to bring Parliament together for a deal in the event that Mrs May's agreement gets knocked down.
He said he would look at what "available options are realistically still on the table" if the deal is thrown out.
And he promised to enter cross-party talks "in the right spirit".
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