Jacob Rees-Mogg tells Theresa May Brexiteer MPs ‘have not gone soft over Christmas’ and over 100 MPs may revolt

JACOB Rees-Mogg has warned the PM that Brexiteers are preparing to vote down her pull out agreement.

The backbencher said leave supporting MPs had “not gone soft over Christmas”, adding that he expected more than 100 Tories to revolt over the withdrawal agreement.

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DUP MPs from Northern Ireland were also predicted to follow suit according to the .

Tory activists are also reportedly refusing to campaign or raise funds as Theresa May faces further challenges to her leadership.

Last week a poll of party members revealed 53 per cent supported no deal, compared to 23 per cent who backed Mrs May's EU deal.

European Research Group chairman Rees-Mogg, praised the “common sense” of average Tories, saying: “This strength of feeling ought to be responded to by the leadership of the party and not stamped upon.”

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He added that “the backstop on its own is an intolerable failure of the negotiations”.

But divisions are not unique to The Conservatives with  a poll of more than 25,000 UK voters found that both May and Corbyn face political headaches over Brexit.

The survey suggests less than 25 per cent of voters back the Prime Minister's Brexit plan, despite a concerted effort by Number 10 to sell the deal directly to the public in the face of opposition from MPs.

ForCorbyn, the poll suggests Labour would be punished by voters if his party either backs or does not oppose the Brexit deal going through the Commons.

Labour are expected to vote against the PM’s Withdrawal Agreement when it returns to the Commons later this month, but Mr Corbyn has said he could support a Brexit deal which guarantees a customs union, support for workers' rights and environmental protections.

The YouGov poll, carried out for the People's Vote campaign for a second referendum, suggested just 22% of all Britons back Mrs May's deal, rising to 28% among Leave voters.

The role played by Labour over the coming weeks could be crucial in shaping the outcome of Brexit, with Mrs May hoping some of the party's MPs could be tempted to back her Agreement to avoid a no-deal exit.

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The poll puts the Tories on 40%, Labour on 34% and the Liberal Democrats on 10%.

But it indicates Labour's share would slump another eight points - to 26% - 16 points behind the Conservatives if its MPs join with the Tories in support of a Brexit deal

This would be even worse than the 28 per cent share secured by Labour under Michael Foot when the party was crushed by Maggie Thatcher in 1983.