14.11.2018 | Tories days are numbered – IDS accuses May of 'breaking agreed position'
Source - The Daily Express
The Brexiteer warned that if reports of the deal's contents were true the Government was "breaking their own agreed position and will be bringing back something that is untenable".
The former Tory party leader has blasted the handling of negotiations and said the Government have put themselves in an “impossible position”
Mr Smith said: “If the Cabinet agrees it, the party certainly won't".
Asked if the Government's days were numbered he said: "If this is the case almost certainly, yes.
"Because they are in real trouble if they bring back something that is unacceptable to the party.
"The Government puts itself in an impossible position, because they are trying to promote something they themselves said they would never promote. And that makes it impossible.
"How can you ask the party to vote for something which you yourself as Prime Minister and the Cabinet said they would never ever allow?"
Former foreign secretary Boris Johnson said he would vote against the deal and urged the Cabinet to "chuck it out”.
Mr Johnson claimed the deal was "making a nonsense of Brexit so I hope the Cabinet will do the right thing and I hope they chuck it out".
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn called the handling of negotiations “shambolic”.
Mr Corbyn added: "Labour has been clear from the beginning that we need a deal to support jobs and the economy - and that guarantees standards and protections. If this deal doesn't meet our six tests and work for the whole country, then we will vote against it."
Chief Whip Julian Smith was “confident” the Brexit deal would get through parliament.
He said: "I am confident that we will get this through Parliament and that we can deliver on what the Prime Minister committed to on delivering Brexit."
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