NOT GOING TO HAPPEN
Remainer rebel Dominic Grieve ‘hopeful’ that MPs will stop Boris delivering a No Deal Brexit
REMAINER rebel Dominic Grieve is "hopeful" that he can club together with other MPs to stop Boris delivering a No Deal Brexit.
The Tory MP said the chances of the next PM taking Britain out of the EU without an agreement in place are "very slim" but insisted that he would fight to destroy any chance of it.
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Speaking to Sky News earlier he said: "I think that the chances of a PM carrying out a No Deal Brexit if there’s a majority of the House of Commons that doesn’t want it are very slim indeed. And removing the poss of proroguing makes the chances even slimmer."
He said that unless the new PM can persuade MPs to go for a No Deal Brexit then it just won't happen.
Mr Grieve, who has been behind repeated Parliamentary plots to try and stop Brexit happening, added that he was "hopeful" that one of them would work.
Last week his attempt to try and halt cash to Government departments unless MPs voted for No Deal failed after Speaker Bercow failed to select it.
His latest idea is to try and amend the Northern Ireland Bill today.
Plans include forcing the Government to make a statement in October so there would be no hope of shutting down the Government to let a No Deal Brexit happen on October 31.
Boris Johnson has repeatedly refused to rule it out, but has said he is "not attracted" to the idea.
However, he's vowed to get us out of the EU by the 31 October "do or die".
Mr Grieve said today he was still in discussions with other MPs about the best way to block a No Deal.
THE SUN SAYS: REBELS' RISK
BOTH Tory candidates to be next PM have promised to deliver Brexit, deal or no deal.
It’s the only hope the party has of remaining relevant.
So when they take office, they have a mandate to deliver their promises in the leadership contest. Including those on the European Union.
That means those Tory MPs who are still dead-set on crippling the Government’s Exit strategy by stopping a clean break are not just turning their noses up at their own members.
They’re risking the future of the party.
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