EU’s Donald Tusk threatens MPs it’s either ‘No Deal or no Brexit’ if they reject May’s plan

THE EU has threatened MPs that the UK would remain in the bloc or face No Deal at all if Theresa May's Brexit plan is shot down.

Donald Tusk said today that the union would be prepared for "every scenario" in the event that the PM can't get her deal passed in less than a fortnight's time.

Speaking at the G20 summit in Argentina this lunchtime, the EU Council boss said: "A few days before the vote in the House of Commons it is becoming more and more clear that this deal is the best possible - in fact the only possible one.

"If this deal is rejected in the Commons we are left with, as was already stressed a few weeks ago by Prime Minister May, an alternative: No Deal or no Brexit at all.

"I want to reassure you that the EU is prepared for every scenario."

Mr Tusk has previously said that the UK deciding it wanted to remain would be the easiest option for the bloc.

It comes as Mrs May said she would tell President Trump to his face that he's wrong about her Brexit deal - and we CAN do a trade deal.

She made the icy threat when asked about the President's embarrassing comments that her deal would leave the UK unable to do a pact with us.

Today Mrs May again refused to rule out quitting if her deal gets destroyed by MPs, telling broadcasters "it's not about me".

In a round of interviews she said she was "delivering the vote to leave the EU and doing it in a way that protects people's jobs and livelihoods."

• She refused to rule out another Commons vote on Brexit if MPs reject it the first time
• Accused Labour of planning a "betrayal of the British people" by saying they would vote down her deal, but said she was "talking to colleagues" about how to deliver the result.
• Vowed to push the Saudi leader over journalist Jamal Khashoggi

"I've got a plan, I've got a proposal, I've got the deal that I've negotiated," Mrs May said of her deal.

"Instead, what I see from Labour is an attempt to frustrate what the Government is doing to deliver Brexit for the British people. That is actually a betrayal of the British people."

Today Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell insisted that all 257 Labour MPs would vote against the deal - telling TalkRadio "I think we'll hold them together."

He also revealed he was demanding urgent meetings with Whitehall chiefs about concerns the government could collapse if the vote gets rejected, and that Remain SHOULD be on the ballot if there was another referendum.

But Mrs May again dodged questions on whether she would remain as Prime Minister if she was unable to get MPs to get behind her.

Last week she refused to answer the question three times.

The PM will hold one-on-one talks with the Saudi Crown Prince tonight as he seeks to reach out to world leaders after the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

She vowed to be "robust" with him and tell him there must be a "full investigation" into the death of the journalist.

The people "responsible must be held to account", she added.

But 100 Tory MPs have raised their opposition to the deal - and she could lose the vote by up to 200 MPs, one Cabinet minister speculated.

Yesterday the PM was asked about whether it was possible to extend Article 50 and have another referendum on Brexit.

But she slapped it down, saying it would re-open her whole deal again, and could throw it all into chaos.

She told MPs on the Commons liaison committee: "What is clear is that any extension to Article 50 reopens the negotiations and reopens the deal and at that point the deal can go frankly in any direction."

She said that talks are not able to be re-opened, and she would not go back to Brussels even if her deal is torpedoed.

Last night Labour MP Hilary Benn put down an amendment to the Brexit deal which would throw it out - but stop Britain leaving the bloc with nothing at all.

Trade Secretary Liam Fox said No Deal Brexit wouldn't be a disaster if we didn't have an agreement sorted.

And he blasted gloomy economic predictions that house prices would crash and the pound would plummet as "overblown".

He vowed to support Mrs May's deal - even though he didn't like it.

Mr Fox, a leading Brexiteer, told the BBC that the PM was "changing public mood" to back her deal.

But he signalled some Cabinet ministers wouldn't back the deal in the crunch Commons vote later this month.

Speaking at a Q&A in Bristol Mr Fox also defended his decision not to quit the Cabinet when so many of his fellow Brexiteers had denounced Mrs May's deal.

He said: "I want to make sure above all else that we actually leave the European Union on March 29.

"The worse thing that could happen is that in a Parliament which has a majority of Remainers is that Brexit gets stolen from the people of the United Kingdom.

"They made the decision in a referendum and they deserve to have it honoured."

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