Theresa May today pleaded with MPs to put their constituents first and back her Brexit deal - as she dismissed Tory rebel claims that her package is worse than staying in the EU.
The Prime Minister mounted another staunch defence of the settlement she has thrashed out with Brussels, saying it is the 'right' one for the country.
In a BBC phone in, Mrs May warned that EU is not 'going to give us a better deal' if MPs vote down her settlement.
Torpedoing the plan will just lead to 'more division and uncertainty', she said.
Asked repeatedly whether she will resign if she loses in the Commons - as seems inevitable - Mrs May appeared to rue out the prospect: 'No... I'm focusing on ensuring that we get this deal through Parliament.
'I believe this is absolutely the right deal for the UK. This is not about me.'
The comments came after former Brexit secretary Dominic Raab heaped pressure on the PM as she faces 'mission impossible' to get the package through Parliament.
More than half of Tory backbenchers have now publicly declared that they will vote against the deal in a looming Commons showdown next month.
Mrs May repeatedly dodged today when asked whether she has a 'Plan B' for a defeat in Parliament. She also appeared to avoid saying that her blueprint would be 'better' than the current membership terms - suggesting it would be 'different'.
Mrs May insisted none of the Tory rebels who have been trying to oust her - led by Jacob Rees-Mogg - were off her Christmas card list.
The Prime Minister today mounted another staunch defence of the settlement she has thrashed out with Brussels, saying it is the 'right' one for the country
In a BBC phone in, Mrs May warned that EU is not 'going to give us a better deal' if MPs vote down her settlement
Former Brexit secretary Dominic Raab (left) heaped pressure on the PM (right) as she faces 'mission impossible' to get the package through Parliament
Tory former minister Phillip Lee (top) and Labour's Pat McFadden seized on the comments by Mr Raab about the attractions of Mrs May's deal
The grim picture comes as Mrs May scrambles to clear the final hurdle in negotiations with the EU - an ambush from Spain over the status of Gibraltar.
The standoff showed little sign of shifting last night with Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez saying the two sides were still 'far apart'. Madrid wants Gibraltar excluded from a future trade pact, with its treatment decided bilaterally with the UK.
Mrs May was savaged by MPs from all sides in a brutal Commons session yesterday, leading one Tory ally to remark privately that getting her plan through looked like 'mission impossible'.
Unless large numbers of MPs switch sides there are fears she could be defeated by well over a hundred votes when the crunch comes in the House next month.
A loss of that magnitude would likely leave No10's fallback option of making MPs vote again in tatters.
Mrs May used her interview today to appeal for MPs to look beyond the Westminster bubble and focus on 'people's jobs'.
'In Parliament there's a lot of focus on who's going to vote for the deal or not, and outside I think people are thinking 'Actually, let's make sure we can get this through and get on with delivering',' she said.
'My job is to persuade people. I believe this is the right deal for the UK. My job is to persuade people in Parliament of that view.
'And I think the job of an MP is actually, when they come to look at voting for this deal, to say to themselves "Does it deliver on what people voted for?" - I believe it does - and secondly, 'What do we need to focus on for our constituents, for people up and down the country?'
'I believe people's jobs, people's futures, the future for their children should be at the forefront of MPs' minds.'
And Mr Raab - who plunged Mrs May into chaos by resigning over the deal last week - waded back in today, saying that the premier need to start thinking about alternatives.
Asked if the PM's deal was worse than remaining in the EU, Mr Raab told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: 'I'm not going to advocate staying in the EU.
'But, if you just presented me terms, this deal or EU membership, because we would effectively be bound by the same rules but without the control or voice over them, yes, I think this would be even worse than that.'
The last part of the Brexit deal - sketching out future trade terms after a mooted transition period ends in December 2020 - was dramatically signed off by negotiating teams yesterday.
During furious Commons clashes, the Prime Minister hailed the outcome.
'This is a good deal for our country, for our partners in the EU,' she told MPs. 'It ends free movement once and for all.'
She said a new immigration system would give people access based on 'what they can contribute to the UK', there would be no more 'sending vast sums of money to the EU', and the jurisdiction of the European court will end.
But Eurosceptics condemned the package as a 'costly surrender' and a 'betrayal of Brexit'. Boris Johnson said the inclusion of an Irish border backstop that would lash the UK to EU rules 'makes a complete nonsense of Brexit'.
Former Cabinet ministers Iain Duncan Smith and Owen Paterson, and DUP chief whip Jeffrey Donaldson also insisted the backstop must be scrapped altogether, warning: 'None of this is going to work.'
There was also anger that the issue of access to UK fishing waters appears to have been kicked back to be decided after March.
Remainers accused her of putting the country on course for 'blind Brexit' with vague commitments.
Some 88 Tory MPs have now publicly confirmed they will oppose the Brexit deal in a so-called 'meaningful vote' next month.
Once the 'payroll' of ministers is taken into account, that is over half the party's numbers in the Commons.
With the DUP, Labour, the SNP and Lib Dems also opposed, the prospects for the PM look bleak.
Downing Street is pinning hopes for success on MPs looking at the alternatives of chaos of Brexit being cancelled altogether, and swinging behind Mrs May at the last moment.
However, attention at Westminster has been turning to what happens if she lose the vote - with speculation Mrs May could try again in the New Year.
Allies fear that unless the result is relatively tight she could be so badly damaged she will have to quit. Barring large numbers of MPs changing their minds, the government appears to be on track for humiliating loss by well over a hundred votes.
Boris Johnson said the inclusion of an Irish border backstop that would lash the UK to EU rules 'makes a complete nonsense of Brexit'.
Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez (pictured with Mrs May in Brussels last month) said the two sides were still 'far apart'. Madrid wants Gibraltar excluded from a future trade pact, with its treatment decided bilaterally with the UK.
Education Secretary Damian Hinds was sent out to steady the ship today, insisting support for the deal would grow in Parliament.
'The deal that we have on the table is a strong deal. It is a good, balanced deal. As people reflect on what the alternatives are, I think people are going to come to see this is a very good deal for Britain,' he said.
'If we weren't to pass this deal, I think it becomes rather unpredictable what happens next. There is a risk on the one hand beyond that of no Brexit at all - and there are people trying to thwart Brexit - and there is also a risk of no deal.
'Neither of those two things are attractive. This is why I believe this deal, which is a strong deal, will gain more and more traction.'
In concessions designed to help Mrs May get the deal through Parliament, the 26-page future framework document - which is not legally binding - makes clear that Britain will have an 'independent trade policy'.
And it stresses both sides' 'determination to replace the backstop' for the Irish border with alternative plans in future - potentially reviving the 'Max Fac' technological solution favoured by Brexiteers.
The pact confirms that free movement will end, which was claimed as a win for the PM - but also states that the UK will not discriminate between nationals from different EU countries.
There would be visa free travel for all citizens making short trips, which will be a relief for holidaymakers.
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