Britain faces the ‘bloody purgatory’ of Brexit bust-ups fully into the summer as EU exit set to be delayed until July

BRITAIN faces the “bloody purgatory” of Brexit bust-ups stretching into the summer after our EU exit looks set to be delayed until July.

Theresa May was yesterday forced to offer MPs a three-month extension to Article 50 talks after losing a tense stand-off with Remain ministers.

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Twenty senior Tories had vowed to resign to help Parliament enforce the delay on the Government to take a No Deal Brexit off the table.

If the PM’s revised new EU deal is not passed in two weeks’ time, she promised to let the Commons vote again to order a “short, limited” delay until “the end of June”.

But senior figures in the hardline Tory European Research Group hit back to insist they are “highly unlikely” to back down and support the Prime Minister – making the delay all but inevitable.

One gloomy Cabinet minister told The Sun that the development would see the nation plunged into “bloody purgatory”.

Also during a day of high drama in Westminster yesterday:

• Brexiteer ministers lashed out at their Tory Remainer counterparts — accusing  them of “betrayal” in a ­bitter Cabinet meeting after their successful coup;
• Official documents warned Brits face food shortages and price hikes in a No Deal while exporters would ­suffer £13billion of extra red tape;
• Jeremy Corbyn’s U-turn to back a second referendum looks odds on to fail as it emerged up to 50 Labour MPs will defy the move;
• A furious row also exploded between Mr Corbyn’s aides and his closest shadow ministers over Labour’s new Brexit policy.

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Mrs May told the Commons yesterday: “The United Kingdom will only leave without a deal on 29 March if there is explicit consent in this House for that outcome.”

Revealing her own personal anger, she insisted: “Let me be clear, I do not want to see Article 50 extended.

“Our absolute focus should be on working to get a deal and leaving on March 29.”

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