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		</div><p>Jeremy Corbyn’s proposal to be installed as the UK&#8217;s caretaker prime minister to prevent a no-deal Brexit has received a further blow after another senior Tory ruled out backing the plan.</p>
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<p>Sir Oliver Letwin said he would not be able to support a bid to put the Labour leader in Number 10, saying he did not think it was likely that a majority could be formed for the idea.</p>
<p>The Conservative former minister, who was among recipients of a letter from Mr Corbyn outlining his plan, said it was “well worth” having discussions across the Commons to prevent the UK crashing out of the EU without a deal.</p>
<blockquote><p>I don’t think it’s at all likely that a majority would be formed for that and I personally wouldn’t want to vote for it</p></blockquote>
<p>But, when asked if he would make the Leader of the Opposition prime minister, he told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “That appears to be his agenda, I have to say it is not one I personally share.</p>
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<p>“I don’t think it’s at all likely that a majority would be formed for that and I personally wouldn’t want to vote for it. I wouldn’t be able to support that, no.”</p>
<figure id="attachment_138342" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-138342" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="size-full wp-image-138342" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/202225F4-88EE-449B-B2E6-02D2323BBC50.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="400" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-138342" class="wp-caption-text">Sir Oliver Letwin</figcaption></figure>
<p>However, Sir Oliver did not rule out supporting a no confidence motion to bring down the Tory government to prevent a no-deal, but said he would not back it if it led to Mr Corbyn becoming PM.</p>
<p>He said: “I’m not very inclined to do that if it could possibly be avoided – it’s not something I would do under any circumstances in normal life and I’d much prefer to find some other means of getting to a substantive result.”</p>
<p>It comes after Conservative grandee Ken Clarke said he would be willing to lead a government of national unity to avoid a no-deal Brexit – after Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson suggested an emergency government be led by him or Labour’s Harriet Harman.</p>
<p>Mr Clarke said it was “not inconceivable” that a government of national unity may be needed to resolve the impasse, suggesting politics was in a similar situation to 1931 and the two world wars.</p>
<p>He told BBC Radio 4’s PM programme: “If it was the only way in which the plain majority in the House of Commons that is opposed to a no-deal exit could find a way forward… I wouldn’t object to it, if that was the judgment of people, the only way forward.”</p>
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<p>Ms Swinson’s proposal came after she rejected Mr Corbyn’s suggestion that he could lead an emergency government to thwart a no-deal Brexit, despite agreeing to meet with him to discuss a no-deal prevention plan.</p>
<p>Anna Soubry, leader of the Independent Group, confirmed that she would also “not support nor facilitate any government led by Jeremy Corbyn”.</p>
<p>But Mr Corbyn’s plan has won the potential backing of the SNP, Plaid Cymru and Tory MP Guto Bebb.</p>
<p>SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon was among those applying pressure to Ms Swinson to re-think her position.</p>
<p>Sir Oliver and fellow senior Remain-supporting Tory Dominic Grieve, as well as independent MP Nick Boles, have agreed to meet Mr Corbyn.</p>
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