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Britain heading for another election as the only way to sort out Brexit chaos, William Hague warns
The former Tory leader predicted Conservative MPs could bring down the Government
BRITAIN is now on course for a snap General Election thanks to the endless Brexit chaos, William Hague has warned.
The ex-Tory leader predicted Theresa May's Government will "collapse" if she failes to push her deal through next week.
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And he even said MPs would end up rebelling and voting to trigger an election as the only way to resolve the crisis.
Lord Hague told ITV's Peston last night: "I think the chances of an election are rising strongly.
"Because ultimately the Government can be pushed, particularly during a delay, into reconciling itself with a No Deal Brexit or into a longer and longer delay, and that either of those options are likely to bring about the collapse of the Cabinet, of the Conservative Government, even of Conservative members voting against their Government on a motion of no confidence.
"So you can quite easily, more easily than people think, get to a General Election."
For Tory MPs to join Labour in voting down the Government and triggering an election would be an unprecedented defiance of the party system.
But Lord Hague said the current crisis is unique in "the last two of three hundred years".
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He added: "Here of course we’ve got a clash between direct democracy and representative democracy, that is fundamentally what is going on here.
"I don’t think there has been such a failure of the political system in modern times."
The ex-Foreign Secretary has urged fellow Tories to back the PM's deal or risk the party being torn apart.
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