"Many Photos" - May faces 100-MP revolt as moderate Tories pledge to delay Brexit to avoid No Deal

Theresa May is facing the most serious revolt of her premiership as up to 100 MPs  pledge to vote to delay Brexit unless she takes No Deal off the table.

Rebel Tories now sense there are enough MPs across the House of Commons to pass the Cooper Amendment - which extends Article 50 beyond the departure date of March 29 - due to be debated on Wednesday.

Four Cabinet ministers were said to have confronted the Prime Minister yesterday and warned they are prepared to vote for the motion proposed by the Tory MP Sir Oliver Letwin and Labour's Yvette Cooper.

It's claimed as many as 25 junior ministers and many others in the government are prepared to do the same to prevent crashing out of the EU without a deal.

Theresa May has been warned she faces a Cabinet revolt and an exodus of MPs if she tries to take Britain out of the EU without a deal

A well-placed source told the Guardian the move will challenge May to sack the rebels who have no intention of resigning voluntarily.  

One cabinet Pro-Brexit MP told the paper if it came to the vote, May would have to get rid of rebellious ministers.

'It would be a huge mistake not to sack them. It would be effectively conceding we had lost control of the party,' they said.

Meanwhile, Chancellor Philip Hammond yesterday refused to rule out resigning over the issue, describing No Deal as an 'extremely bad' outcome he was working 'all day, every day' to prevent. 

Four cabinet ministers are warning Mrs May against a No Deal Brexit. Amber Rudd (left) and Business secretary Greg Clarke (right) haven't ruled out resigning in the event of No Deal

Former Tory education secretary Justine Greening told BBC Radio 4: 'I don't think I would be able to stay part of a party that was simply a Brexit party that had crashed us out of the European Union'

And two former Tory ministers – Justine Greening and Dominic Grieve – issued public threats to quit the party altogether if Mrs May pursues a No Deal Brexit.

The Prime Minister is under pressure to get a withdrawal agreement passed in the Commons by next Wednesday or, if there is no prospect of an agreement being voted through, face a vote where MPs could force her to seek a delay to Brexit. 

However, it was not clear whether those who did revolt would resign their Government posts, or if the PM would sack them.

Justice secretary David Gauke (left) and Scottish secretary David Mundell were said to have confronted Theresa May over No Deal with Amber Rudd and Greg Clarke 

The motion to block No Deal by seeking a Brexit delay is likely to be proposed by Tory MPs Nick Boles and Sir Oliver Letwin and Labour's Yvette Cooper.

The four Cabinet ministers warning Mrs May against No Deal are said to be Justice Secretary David Gauke, Business Secretary Greg Clark, Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd and Scottish Secretary David Mundell.

Mr Mundell did not deny this yesterday, saying: 'I don't comment on private conversations I've had with the Prime Minister, but what I've said to her repeatedly and what I've said to Cabinet is that a No Deal Brexit is a very bad outcome for Scotland and the UK and we must do everything we can to avoid that.'

Miss Greening and Mr Grieve yesterday both issued threats that they could quit the Conservative Party altogether in the event of the Prime Minister taking the country toward No Deal.

Dominic Grieve and Justine Greening  threatened that they could quit the Conservative Party altogether in the event of the Prime Minister taking the country toward No Deal

Asked if she could follow the three Tory defectors who quit the party on Wednesday, Miss Greening, a former education secretary, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: 'It is something that I have considered, but I have reached a different conclusion for the moment. 

Meanwhile, Jeremy Corbyn has also been warned he's facing a second exodus of MPs unless he backs a second referendum.

The Labour leader was told yesterday that dozens of MPs, including shadow ministers, will threaten to join the new Independent Group in parliament or resign.

Jeremy Corbyn has also been warned that dozens of MPs, including shadow ministers, will threaten to join the new Independent Group in parliament or resign if he doesn't back a second referendum

The Labour rebels are demanding Corybn supports an amendment by two of his backbench MPs that would put any deal Mrs May gets through to the public.

The proposal stipulates that if the public voted against the government's deal, then the UK would be forced to scrap Brexit and remain in the EU.   

One MP, who considered quitting the party this week, told The Times: 'If Jeremy ends up not supporting it, it will have a dramatic effect and people will go.' 

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