THERESA MAY is heading for victory in this week’s ­Commons Brexit vote – thanks to a bizarre alliance between Tory and Labour REMAINERS.

The two sides have different motives but are united by an instinct for survival.

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Tory MPs are desperate to save Britain — and their seats — from Jeremy Corbyn. Labour rebels fear being ditched by furious working-class voters.

Together they aim to stop Jezza’s unscrupulous bid to oust Mrs May, force an ­emergency election and ride to power as Britain’s first full-blown Marxist Prime Minister.

Mrs May was given a boost yesterday as devout Remainer Amber Rudd teamed up with Brexiteer Iain Duncan Smith in a newspaper plea for party unity.

“Amber would not have put her name to this unless she was pretty sure other pro-EU Tories would join her in the voting lobby,” said an ally.

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With the backing of half a dozen pro-Brexit Labour MPs, party managers now believe they can head off what had seemed a likely defeat.

Meanwhile, Labour is in chaos over its own shambolic Brexit plans, with Jezza under fire on all sides for blatant opportunism.

Nerves are jangling after a new opinion poll showed the bruised and battered Tories beating Labour by 44 per cent to 37 per cent, their best lead since last year’s election fiasco.

Jezza’s own ratings have bombed and, despite everything, Theresa May remains most people’s choice for PM.

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But the Klaxon really began blaring over the sharp swing from Labour to Tories among blue collar voters, the lifeblood of the Labour Party.

“Labour risks being seen as the anti-blue collar party,” moaned a northern Labour MP whose voters deserted to Ukip last year and voted Out in the referendum.

Feisty ex-Europe minister Caroline Flint warns Labour will pay a heavy election price for betraying its Brexit supporters.

Ms Flint, a moderate, has even turned on her hero Tony Blair for demanding a second referendum.

“I think Tony Blair is wrong on this, the people do not want a second referendum,” she says.

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“I think we are going to have to get the best deal we can and think about the policies we should have been thinking about for many years to increase skills and increase our productivity.”

“If we are leaving the European Union, then we cannot be in the single market nor in the customs union as it currently stands. You cannot have a situation where we are frankly disrespectful to the vote of the referendum — to say that we want everything we’ve got now, which means we are not leaving.”

The rebels echo Good Morning Britain star Richard Madeley, a Remainer who spoke up for Brexit voters on the BBC’s flagship Question Time.

“I’m sorry, but this is democracy . . .  and that means leaving,” said Madeley to applause. “The Prime Minister said ‘Brexit means Brexit’. Let’s make it work. And I voted Remain!”

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Wouldn’t it be great to hear upbeat sentiments like that from Eeyore Chancellor Phil Hammond?

Diehard rebels would stymie Brexit at any price — short of losing their own seats. So they will grudgingly back the PM over the coming weeks.

The Tory Right will do the same, just to make Brexit legally binding. Once we are Out, we are Out, even if Britain has to swallow some lumps we can spit out later.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel stubbornly refuses to make any concessions that might encourage other member states to quit — including offering a trade deal that makes us better off outside.

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These issues can be tidied up at some future time, by a different leader.

“We must get this bill through,” says a leading Brexit Tory. “Theresa is secure right up until March 29 next year.

“That’s the formal departure date. Any leadership challenge before then is a stupid distraction.

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“After March 29, it’s a different matter. With Brexit out of the way and two years until the election, the focus will be to destroy Corbyn and defeat Labour.

“That’s when we will need strong, clear, bold leadership.”