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		</div><p>Any bid to topple Theresa May as Tory leader by hardline Brexiteers would trigger “collapse and disarray”, a prominent minister has said.</p>
<p>Foreign Office Minister Sir Alan Duncan insisted Tory MPs seeking to oust the Prime Minister represented a fringe element.</p>
<p>The comments came as Ireland’s deputy prime minister Simon Coveney accused leading arch-Brexiteers of peddling “crazy” ideas about the impact of a no deal withdrawal from the EU.</p>
<blockquote><p>The idea that we can go for anybody else at the moment is just folly</p></blockquote>
<p>Warning against a move to replace the PM, Sir Alan told the BBC: “Don’t believe all those things you read in the newspapers and take it that there are a lot of numbers behind the noise.</p>
<p>“And that’s where you need to apply a lot of political judgment to work out whether the complainers are just a fringe, or whether they represent the main body of opinion in the middle.</p>
<p>“The main body of opinion in the middle and right to the edges is absolutely solidly behind her.<br />
“Because the idea that we can go for anybody else at the moment is just folly.</p>
<p>“It would lead to collapse and disarray.<br />
“It’s not a credible option.”</p>
<figure id="attachment_118715" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-118715" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/3DC082F7-5BDC-4E3F-BBDA-0C049ED101FB.jpeg"><img src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/3DC082F7-5BDC-4E3F-BBDA-0C049ED101FB.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="400" class="size-full wp-image-118715" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-118715" class="wp-caption-text">Foreign Office Minister Sir Alan Duncan</figcaption></figure>
<p>Sir Alan also took another swipe at his former boss at the Foreign Office Boris Johnson, saying: “I think support for Boris politically has always been exaggerated over the last two years.<br />
“But, he’s a great media phenomena.</p>
<p>“And, so wherever he goes there’s a media crush.<br />
“But, that’s not the same as someone who should be running the country.”<br />
The comments came after Mr Coveney singled out leading Brexiteers like Mr Johnson and Jacob Rees-Mogg for criticism.</p>
<p>Mr Coveney’s rebuke came as Dublin urged Mrs May to bring forward her proposals to break the deadlock in the Brexit talks over the Northern Ireland border.</p>
<p>When it was put to him that Brexiteers believe the Republic would not erect a border in a no deal scenario, Mr Coveney told Channel Four News: “That is a crazy argument.”</p>
<p>In another swipe at Brexiteers, Mr Coveney told the channel: “You can’t say we’re leaving the single market, customs union, and have our own free trade agreements and we have to have seamless access to your market too.</p>
<p>“I always say when I’m confronted with comments that Boris Johnson has said, or Jacob Rees-Mogg has said, or indeed, Owen Paterson have said – you know, fine people who I know and I’ve worked with in other areas – I believe that they are not describing the full picture or its complexity in Ireland and the challenges we face here.”</p>
<p>The comments came after Dublin’s Europe Minister, Helen McEntee, said she was confident a deal could be done but that the negotiations were reaching a “critical point”.</p>
<p>Her remarks followed Taoiseach Leo Varadkar holding talks in Brussels on Thursday with European Council president Donald Tusk and the EU’s chief negotiator, Michel Barnier.- Press Association</p>
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