Popular backbench MP Jacob Rees Mogg has today issued an ultimatum that Theresa May needs to get tough with Brexit or she will find herself facing a leadership challenge. It has also been reported that his group of pro-Brexit MP’s have amassed a war chest of £750,000 to help them fight a leadership election.
Rees Mogg wrote in The Telegraph: “One former Tory leader, Sir Robert Peel, decided to break his manifesto pledge and passed legislation with the majority of his party voting the other way. This left the Conservatives out of office for 28 years. At least he did so for a policy that works.
“At Chequers, Mrs May must stick to her righteous cause and deliver what she has said she would. She must use her undoubted grace to persevere.”
Conservative MPs have responded furiously with some telling him to shut up! Rees-Mogg is frequently tipped as a replacement for May and has said that any backsliding over the issue could result in splitting the Tories.
Ahead of a crunch Cabinet meeting at Chequers on Friday, he said: “Theresa May must stand firm for what she herself has promised.”
In response a number of furious Tory MPs lashed out and urged him to support the Prime Minister or “pipe down”.
Foreign Office minister Sir Alan Duncan, who of course was a prominent remainer, has launched a scathing attack on Rees Mogg. He angrily tweeted: “The Prime Minister must be given maximum latitude and backing.
The ideological right are a minority despite their noise and should pipe down. I have total support for May and the UK.”
Business minister Richard Harrington also chirped in saying : “I do wish people would stop putting their own dogma above the good of the country and the party.”
A Spokesperson for Number 10 said: “Our focus is on delivering the will of the British people. The Prime Minister has set out what she wants to achieve – that is to leave the single market, leave the customs union, leave the jurisdiction of the ECJ and be free to sign and implement trade deals around the world.”
On Channel 4 news tonight Anna Soubry spoke confidently that we are heading for the softest of soft Brexit’s whilst the question was put that we are potentially leaving the EU in name only but paying over £40 billion for the privilege?!
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