Theresa May plans FOURTH vote on Brexit deal this week as ministers war over what happens next
THERESA May could bring her Brexit deal back for yet another vote as soon as Tuesday, it emerged today.
The PM wants to force MPs to choose between her deal and a much softer Brexit which keeps Britain tied to Brussels for good.
Senior ministers are bitterly divided over the way forward – with Mrs May facing a mass walkout of either Leavers or Remainers depending on the path she chooses.
Brexiteers led by Andrea Leadsom are furious at the prospect of Britain staying in the customs union.
But pro-EU ministers such as Amber Rudd could quit if the PM goes for No Deal instead.
Tomorrow the House of Commons will hold a second round of “indicative votes”, choosing between multiple different Brexit outcomes.
They are likely to back a customs union – which would stop Britain from cutting trade deals around the world.
No10 sources say that Mrs May could then pit the customs union against her deal in a FOURTH “meaningful vote” on Tuesday.
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The PM hopes hardline Leavers will finally accept her withdrawal agreement for fear of seeing a much softer Brexit.
If Mrs May again fails to get her deal through, April 12 becomes the new Brexit deadline.
The UK will automatically leave the EU with No Deal on that date – unless the Government agrees a long extension to Brexit, likely to last up to a year.
The PM is under pressure from Eurosceptic ministers to push for No Deal if her withdrawal agreement is killed off for good.
Mrs Leadsom has summoned her “pizza club” of senior Brexiteers to agree a common approach.
Nearly a dozen Cabinet ministers signed a letter to Mrs May warning her not to accept a softer Brexit.
And leading backbenchers said the Conservative party would split for ever if the PM accepted a customs union.
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Steve Baker threatened to resign from the Tories, blasting: “I will revisit once more the question of whether I can retain the whip before I submit to a life of regret and shame after failing in a struggle for the rights of a free people in which others have literally fought and died.”
But in a sign the Government’s Remainers are ready to fight back, dozens of centrist MPs have formed a new One Nation Group.
The gathering of pro-EU Tories is understood to be backed by Ms Rudd, David Gauke, Greg Clark and Nicky Morgan.
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