A Dozen Remainer MPs pledge to oust Boris Johnson within six weeks to stop No Deal Brexit
BORIS Johnson could be toppled within just six weeks of taking power, it emerged today a dozen Remainer MPs vowed to stop him forcing a No Deal Brexit.
Leading Tories including Ken Clarke said they would rather topple the new PM than accept a No Deal.
And this evening the pro-EU Change UK party announced it would also support a no-confidence motion to bring down the Government.
As many as a dozen Conservative MPs are threatening to trigger a snap election rather than accept Britain leaving the EU without a deal in October.
Tories are on a three-line whip for the week he gets into power just in case a vote of no confidence in launched - meaning all MPs need to be in Parliament and close to the chamber in case there's a vote.
Worried Brexiteers are now calling on Boris to explain how he would dodge the challenge from rebel MPs.
And leadership rival Jeremy Hunt has taunted the frontrunner claiming he won't be able to deliver on his Brexit plan.
Mr Johnson has promised to reopen talks with the EU to get a better deal in time for the October 31 deadline.
But he will also keep No Deal on the table, insisting that's the only way to ensure Britain gets a good deal from Brussels.
Defence Minister Tobias Ellwood said a dozen colleagues would do whatever it takes to block a No Deal Brexit.
Asked if Tory MPs would rather topple the Government than accept No Deal, he told the BBC: "I believe that absolutely is the case.
"I think a dozen or so members of Parliament would be on our side, would be voting against supporting a No Deal and that would include ministers as well as backbenchers."
Mr Clarke said: "I am not going to vote in favour of a government that says it is going to pursue policies which are totally incompatible with everything the Conservative Party has stood for."
Change UK, the breakaway pro-EU party, tonight revealed they would also join the proposed no-confidence bid.
A spokesman said: "If faced with the prospect of crashing out of the EU with No Deal, MPs from all parties must put our country first and support a vote of no confidence in the Government."
Theresa May has a working majority of just four MPs, given defections in recent months
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WE don’t like Jeremy Hunt branding Boris a “bottler” and a “coward”. The Tories must avoid a juvenile slanging match.
It is odd too for Mr Hunt to demand Boris rules out a snap election. How can he? Whoever wins will face a perilously thin majority and Brexit stalemate.
The EU insists it will not budge on the deal, even though MPs will not pass it. A dozen Tory Remainers intend to prevent No Deal via a deranged martyrdom operation, apparently preferring to give anti-Semitic Marxism its chance.
We understand why Boris has to guarantee we are leaving on October 31. But it is highly unlikely to be solely his call.
To get Brexit done he might have no choice but to risk an election.
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Previously the party, which has five MPs, has said it wouldn't support a snap election.
Ex-Tory Nick Boles also weighed in, saying: "I will only support the new PM in a vote of confidence if they rule out a No Deal Brexit or agree to give MPs a vote on whether to allow a No Deal Brexit."
The party's Commons majority is just four, including the DUP, meaning only a handful of MPs are needed to overturn it.
If three or more Tories rebel against the new Prime Ministers, and no opposition MPs vote in favour of the Government, a General Election will be triggered.
The new PM will take office on July 24, one day before the Commons breaks up for the summer holiday - then return six weeks later in early September, the key danger time for a no-confidence vote.
Brexit-backing MP Michael Fabricant, who supports Boris in the leadership election, called on the runaway favourite to explain the details of his Brexit plan.
He tweeted, "It seems a fair point to ask: How will a Government with a working majority of 3 possibly deliver a No Deal #Brexit (as much as I would be content with that) if #Labour trigger a Vote of No Confidence on the back of it and 12 #Conservative #Remainer MPs deliberately abstain???"
Mr Hunt today insisted that Mr Johnson's plans will fall apart because he can't unite his wide range of supporters.
He told ITV: "He is going to come to power on a very fragile coalition of people like Matt Hancock, who wants No Deal taken off the table, Mark Francois, who wants No Deal.
"Sometimes in politics you can fudge and get away with it but in the case of Brexit you are going to have to make decisions immediately and that very fragile coalition will collapse immediately when you have to make those decisions.
"If that happens we won't have another leadership contest, we will have Jeremy Corbyn in No10 and there won't be any Brexit at all."
Boris is under mounting pressure to lay out how he could deliver No Deal in the teeth of Remainer opposition.
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