Pro-Europe MPs led by Ed Miliband plot fresh bid to BLOCK Brexit, claiming voters did NOT want to leave the single market

MPs are plotting a fresh bid to block Brexit by claiming any deal that takes Britain out of the EU's single market should be first voted on by Parliament.

Remarkably, the cross-party group of pro-EU MPs – including senior Tories – claim that June's Brexit vote was not a decision to leave the single market.

Ed Miliband, who is leading the demands, says Parliament must not be overlooked because of 'the importance of these decisions for the UK economy'.

The former Labour leader said it would be an 'outrage' if Mrs May decided the terms of Brexit without first asking MPs. Sir Keir Starmer, the new Shadow Brexit Secretary, backed the move, demanding Theresa May holds a Commons vote on the terms of her opening hand in negotiations with the EU. 

Mr Miliband has held talks with Conservative MPs and they are considering tabling an urgent question in the Commons demanding that Theresa May appears before MPs tomorow to explain Parliament's role in Brexit negotiations.

But Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg said their demands 'typifies the disdain that the liberal elite has for voters'.

'They prefer the tyranny of the bien pensants to democracy,' he told MailOnline.

Fellow Tory MP Peter Bone said 'everybody knew the consequences' of a Brexit vote and the likelihood that leaving the EU would mean quitting the single market. 'The Remain campaign made that very clear,' Mr Bone told MailOnline.   

And Philip Davies, Conservative MP for Shipley, accused Mr Miliband of being 'spectacularly out of touch with his own constituents,' pointing out that his north Doncaster seat saw one of the biggest votes for Brexit in the country. 


The latest attempts by MPs to change the terms of the historic June 23 referendum – which saw the biggest turnout in any UK election for more than two decades – comes after last week's Tory conference signalled the Government is pursuing a 'hard-Brexit' that would take Britain out of the single market in order to end free movement of people.

The vocal pro-European group includes former Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg, former Tory ministers Nicky Morgan and Anna Soubry, as well as SNP and Green MPs, who were all part of the failed campaign to keep Britain in the EU. 




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