May is hit by double bombshell

Theresa May insisted her Brexit deal was not dead today after Dominic Raab and Esther McVey dramatically quit saying Britain was being 'blackmailed'.

The Prime Minister vowed to push on with her controversial plan after the Brexit Secretary threw her into chaos by dropping the bombshell news.

Ms McVey followed suit within minutes, accusing Mrs May of failing to 'honour the result of the referendum' following a bitter five-hour Cabinet debate last night. Other junior ministers have also quit as the situation threatens to spiral out of control.

The premier was angrily berated by DUP Westminster leader Nigel Dodds in a brutal Commons exchange this morning, accusing her of failing to 'listen' and allowing the 'break up of the United Kingdom'.

A stung Mrs May insisted she was personally committed to keeping the ties between Northern Ireland and Great Britain.

Jacob Rees-Mogg turned up the heat further by demanding to know why he should not write to the powerful Tory 1922 committee urging a no-confidence vote, as Eurosceptics geared up for an all-out mutiny. 

Despite Brexiteer and Remainer MPs from across parties lining up to condemn her plans, the PM defiantly pledged she would carry on in the 'national interest' even if the compromises involved were not 'comfortable'.

'I will bring it to Parliament and ask MPs to consider it in the national interest,' she said.

'The choice is clear. We can choose to leave with no deal. We can have no Brexit at all. Or we can choose to unite and support the best deal that can be negotiated.' 

'I choose to deliver for the British people. I choose to do what is in the national interest.' 

But barely any MPs spoke up for Mrs May's position - further fuelling fears of a fatal threat to her leadership.

The Pound dropped sharply on the news as markets saw the chances of a Brexit agreement receding.





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