New photo Theresa May is to host New Year's party at Downing Street as she tries to schmooze Tory MPs

Prime Minister Theresa May is pulling out all the stops this Christmas and has invited all Tory MPs and their spouses to a party in Downing Street.

The festive get-together is part of a New Year charm offensive to get her heavily criticised Brexit deal over the line.

Mrs May has planned the shindig to take place in the week of January 7, 2019, when the debate over the Withdrawal Agreement is set to return to the Commons.

The vote is scheduled to take place a week later, however No10 is still trying to convince more than 100 sceptical Tory MPs, as well as 10 DUP MPs.

Prime Minister Theresa May (pictured above) is set to host a party at Downing street

The deal is currently being opposed as MPs fear the Irish backstop could trap Britain in the EUs custom union.

As it stands Northern Irish MPs won't accept the plan as it would put checks on some goods travelling between Britain and Northern Ireland.

According to The Sun, the Downing Street party is designed to send a clear message to Tory MPs that failure to deliver a Brexit deal could see them booted out of power.

News of the party came as the Justice Secretary, David Gauke said Mrs May is unlikely to pursue a no deal Brexit if her deal fails.

He sparked fresh Tory infighting by saying he would be 'very surprised if the Prime Minister went down that route'.

He also stood firm with his threat to quit if a no deal became the Government's number one Brexit policy – saying he would find it 'very difficult' to stay.

Justice Secretary David Gauke (pictured above) could be one of the MPs Mrs May is trying to get on side at the party

He had previously exposed the extent of Cabinet infighting by saying there were 'genuinely different approaches' within Mrs May's top team over what Plan B should be if the Commons votes down her Brexit deal next month.

Mr Gauke is the third Cabinet minister in as many days to publicly speculate on alternative plans to Mrs May's Brexit deal.

This is while Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd said a second referendum would be 'plausible', as Commons Leader Andrea Leadsom became the second Cabinet minister to back a 'managed no deal' if the agreement isn't backed by MPs.

Mrs May has always insisted that no deal is 'better than a bad deal'

Mr Gauke told BBC Radio 4's Political Thinking podcast: 'I think making a conscious decision to proceed with no deal would not be the responsible course of action.'

When asked if he could stay in Cabinet if no deal became the policy the Government pursued, the Justice Secretary said: 'I think it would be very difficult for me in those circumstances. I am conscious that there is a risk of an accidental no deal.

Tory MP Andrew Bridgen (pictured above) has said some members of the government have been 'unwilling' to contemplate an alternative deal

'Although Parliament clearly doesn't want no deal, it's not clear that there is a majority for a specific course of action to stop no deal.

'The best way of stopping no deal is to back the Prime Minister's deal in my view.

'So I think it would be very difficult and I think if it came down to the Government saying consciously 'well we'll just have to do that', I don't think there would be a lot of support for it.

Labour MP Karl Turner (pictured above) has said Theresa May has been ramping up the rhetoric

'I would be very surprised if the Prime Minister went down that route.'

His comments tore apart the Tory party's Christmas truce that lasted for a matter of days as furious MPs accused him of 'undermining Britain's negotiating position'.

Tory MP Andrew Bridgen said: 'The unwillingness of some senior members of the Government to even contemplate leaving without a deal has consistently undermined our negotiating position which now puts us in the position where a managed no deal exit is the only viable option which keeps faith with the result of the Referendum.'

This is while Labour MP Karl Turner said: 'Why is Theresa May ramping up the rhetoric and blowing £4 billion preparing for a no deal scenario that everybody knows isn't likely?'

Pro-Remain MP Chuka Umunna had alsobaccused the Prime Minister of trying to spook MPs with the consequences of no deal in order to get them to back her deal.

'The Justice Secretary has effectively admitted that all the talk of leaving the EU without a deal is nonsense and a false threat designed to scare MPs o to voting for the Government's Brexit plan.

'At a time when our schools, hospitals and police are desperately underfunded, the £4.2billion being spent preparing for no deal would be far better spent on our public services.' 

 

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