Remainer MPs push to CANCEL Brexit within weeks as they fear Boris will become PM and back No Deal
REMAINER MPs are plotting a Commons push to "revoke" Brexit by the end of July – amid fears Boris Johnson is now odds-on for PM.
Change UK said the nuclear option was being considered along with a fresh push for a second referendum as a way of stopping a No Deal exit in October.
New leader Anna Soubry is understood to be in talks with Plaid Cymru and the SNP about “forcing the pace” on stopping a cliff-edge Brexit before the summer recess.
One insider said they believe Labour and Tory MPs would cross the floor to back Revoke if it meant preventing a No Deal.
They added the ringing endorsement for Boris Johnson from Oliver Dowden this morning showed the former Foreign Secretary was now all-but guaranteed to make the final two.
Mr Dowden – David Cameron’s former deputy chief of staff and a Tory moderate – backed Boris alongside Treasury Secretary Robert Jenrick and widely-respected Rishi Sunak, Communities Minister.
Both Mr Jenrick and Sunak backed Mr Gove in 2016.
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Chris Leslie told The Sun: “We must force a vote on revoking Article 50 to create space for a People’s Vote on Brexit before the end of July.
“This is a make or break in the next few weeks.”
It came as Welsh Labour formally shifted its stance on Brexit – and said it would primarily argue for the UK to stay in the EU.
The push by Change UK comes a day after its six of its 11 MPs quit to stand as “independents” – sparking rumours they’ll join the Lib Dems.
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Heidi Allen and Sarah Wollaston told their former colleagues last week that Change UK should be “dissolved” following their disastrous performance at the Euro Elections.
On Twitter yesterday Ms Wollaston said: “I don’t think it would be right for Change UK to stand candidates at a General Election.
“I think it’s better to listen to feedback and work in cooperation with other parties and help shape rather than split the centre ground.”
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