BREXIT BETRAYAL
Nigel Farage warns soft Brexit stitch-up deal would be ‘final betrayal’ of the British people
Theresa May today begged Jeremy Corbyn to do a deal with her
NIGEL Farage has warned that a soft-Brexit stitch-up would be the "final betrayal" of Brits who voted to Leave.
The Brexit Party boss also revealed that 85,000 people have signed up and given £25 to his new venture - raising a whopping £2million already.
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And he's got his sights firmly on Labour votes for the upcoming EU elections on May 23, where the major parties are set for another drubbing.
Mr Farage told the : "If the Tories do a deal with Labour on the customs union they will be going into coalition with the Opposition against the people."
The news comes as it was revealed that a Brexit deal with Labour could be on the cards within days after both parties got a kicking in the polls this week.
Mrs May told Mr Corbyn today in an article for the Mail on Sunday: "Let’s listen to what the voters said in the local elections and put our differences aside for a moment.
"Let's do a deal.
"I do sincerely believe that – more than 34 long months on from the referendum – what people want is for their politicians to come together in the national interest and get Brexit over the line."
But the former Ukip boss added that if there was such a deal, anger in the country would "explode" under them.
He told Sky's Sophy Ridge on Sunday this morning: "I think millions of people would give up on both Labour and the Conservatives.
"This would be the final betrayal.
"If May signs up to this, I can't see the point of the Conservative party existing."
This would be the final betrayal.
Nigel Farage
His party are on track to storm the European Parliament elections later this month after Mrs May decided for the second time to delay Brexit and extend Article 50 until October.
The Tories and Labour got a hammering in Thursday's local elections over the failure to get Brexit done.
But today John McDonnell threatened to collapse the talks by saying he didn't trust the PM to deliver a good deal and she was negotiating in "bad faith" by allowing her officials to brief the newspapers.
The Sunday Times reported the PM was set to offer Mr Corbyn three major concessions - a temporary customs arrangement until the next election, aligning with EU rules on goods, and pandering to European laws on workers' rights.
Mrs May warned today that no PM can bind the hands of its successor, but Labour wants to ensure that the next Tory leader can't undo a deal.
Mr McDonnell told the Andrew Marr Show: "It's trying to enter into a contract with a company that's going into administration and the people who are going to take over are not willing to fulfil that contract."
An agreement could involve a second referendum, and he added: "We think a deal can be done."
Scots Tory boss Ruth Davidson added: "We're getting closer and closer to where that middle ground might be."
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New International Development Secretary Rory Stewart told Pienaar's Politics today that the party splitting could be worth it to deliver Brexit.
He said: "I think to get Brexit done and to move this country on is worth an enormous amount and you’re right, we may have to take some short term pain to do that but it's got to be right to."
He urged Mrs May not to try and "outdo Nigel Farage" because they would certainly lose the 4million Remain voters who backed the Tories.
And it wouldn't change with a different leader, he stressed.
"I don't think anybody [who is Prime Minister], George Clooney... I don't think he'd be able to charm through this problem," he said.
But furious grassroots Tories attacked the idea of doing a soft Brexit deal with Labour and said it would rip their party apart.
Sam Smith, chairman of Gedling Conservative Association in Nottingham, said: “The prime minister’s botched Brexit deal already suffered the biggest defeats on record because it doesn’t deliver the referendum result.
"And now we’re allowing the Marxist, Jeremy Corbyn, to put the finishing touches to it. We must change course rapidly or the party will implode."
Mr Farage today challenged Jeremy Corbyn to an official debate ahead of the poll because "people are very confused about what Labour is standing for".
The leftie leader has tried in vain to keep both sides of his warring party happy by promising to campaign for another Brexit vote - but only to stop a Tory deal.
Even George Clooney can't charm his way out of Brexit mess, minister Rory Stewart reveals
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