Theresa May urges Jeremy Corbyn to back Brexit deal as Tories desert her

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Theresa May has urged Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn to compromise and back her Brexit deal after the proposals received a hostile response from critics on her own side&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The UK Prime Minister’s deal&comma; which opens up the possibility of a second referendum&comma; was described as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;dead on arrival”&comma; with the prospect of a larger Tory revolt than her previous failed attempt to get a Brexit agreement through Parliament&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Leadership rivals Boris Johnson and Dominic Raab were among Tories who backed Mrs May’s deal in March but have vowed to oppose the Withdrawal Agreement Bill &lpar;WAB&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads3--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Rejection of the WAB would heap further pressure on Mrs May to quit immediately&comma; but some Tories called on her to go now without even risking the humiliation of a fourth Commons defeat on Brexit&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mrs May&comma; who will face the Commons on Wednesday&comma; hopes her 10-point compromise plan will woo enough Labour and DUP MPs to make up for Tory Eurosceptics who are implacably opposed to her deal&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a letter to Mr Corbyn&comma; she highlighted the tests he had set at the start of the failed process to reach a cross-party agreement&comma; and insisted that the proposals would hold &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;for the remainder of this parliament” – a reference to his concerns that her successor could unpick a deal&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She told him&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I have shown … that I am willing to compromise to deliver Brexit for the British people&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The WAB is our last chance to do so&period; I ask you to compromise too so that we can deliver what both our parties promised in our manifestos and restore faith in our politics&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads3--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On Tuesday Mr Corbyn said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We will&comma; of course&comma; look seriously at the details of the Withdrawal Agreement Bill when it is published&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;But we won’t back a repackaged version of the same old deal – and it’s clear that this weak and disintegrating government is unable to deliver on its own commitments&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>We can and must do better &&num;8211&semi; and deliver what the people voted for<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Mrs May’s last-ditch attempt to get a deal through included offering a vote on whether to hold a second referendum&comma; as well as a choice over the UK’s future customs arrangements&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But the deal was described as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;dead on arrival” by Conservative Mark Francois&comma; vice-chairman of the European Research Group &lpar;ERG&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-width&equals;"550" data-dnt&equals;"true">&NewLine;<p lang&equals;"en" dir&equals;"ltr">With great reluctance I backed MV3&period; Now we are being asked to vote for a customs union and a second referendum&period; The Bill is directly against our manifesto &&num;8211&semi; and I will not vote for it&period; We can and must do better &&num;8211&semi; and deliver what the people voted for&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&mdash&semi; Boris Johnson &lpar;&commat;BorisJohnson&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;BorisJohnson&sol;status&sol;1130905094382325760&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">May 21&comma; 2019<&sol;a><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Former foreign secretary Mr Johnson said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Now we are being asked to vote for a customs union and a second referendum&period; The Bill is directly against our manifesto – and I will not vote for it&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We can and must do better – and deliver what the people voted for&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Former Brexit secretary Mr Raab said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I cannot support legislation that would be the vehicle for a second referendum or Customs Union&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Either option would frustrate rather than deliver Brexit – and break our clear manifesto promises&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-width&equals;"550" data-dnt&equals;"true">&NewLine;<p lang&equals;"en" dir&equals;"ltr">I listened carefully to the PM’s speech on the govt’s revised terms of Brexit&period; I cannot support legislation that would be the vehicle for a second referendum or Customs Union&period; Either option would frustrate rather than deliver Brexit &&num;8211&semi; and break our clear manifesto promises&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&mdash&semi; Dominic Raab &lpar;&commat;DominicRaab&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;DominicRaab&sol;status&sol;1130892286068498432&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">May 21&comma; 2019<&sol;a><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Brexiteer Cabinet ministers are understood to be trying to persuade Mrs May to ditch the fourth attempt to pass her deal&comma; warning the vote will end in yet another humiliation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>And the beleaguered Prime Minister faces a fresh bid to eject her from Downing Street from the 1922 backbenchers’ committee&comma; which meets later on Wednesday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;132377" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-132377" style&equals;"width&colon; 600px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;05&sol;D78E0D92-13E2-459C-B4CD-D3AD834EF8EC&period;jpeg"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-132377" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;05&sol;D78E0D92-13E2-459C-B4CD-D3AD834EF8EC&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"399" data-wp-pid&equals;"132377" &sol;><&sol;a><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-132377" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Tory MP Nigel Evans<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Tory MP Nigel Evans&comma; who sits on the 1922 executive&comma; said he would be seeking a rule change to hold another confidence vote and the Prime Minister should &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;make way for fresh leadership without handcuffing her successor to a poisoned baton”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-width&equals;"550" data-dnt&equals;"true">&NewLine;<p lang&equals;"en" dir&equals;"ltr">I cannot support this deal&period; The PM has capitulated and should make way for fresh leadership without handcuffing her successor to a poisoned baton&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&mdash&semi; nigelevansRibbleV&period; &lpar;&commat;nigelmp&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;nigelmp&sol;status&sol;1130916715188170753&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">May 21&comma; 2019<&sol;a><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mrs May said her deal was &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;one last chance” for MPs to deliver on the result of the 2016 referendum and take the UK out of the European Union&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-width&equals;"550" data-dnt&equals;"true">&NewLine;<p lang&equals;"en" dir&equals;"ltr">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Our new Brexit deal makes a ten-point offer to everyone in Parliament who wants to deliver the result of the referendum&period;” – PM <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;theresa&lowbar;may&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&commat;Theresa&lowbar;May<&sol;a><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;VW3EAFMhE0">https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;VW3EAFMhE0<&sol;a> <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;6M9Ebb9lJ9">pic&period;twitter&period;com&sol;6M9Ebb9lJ9<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&mdash&semi; UK Prime Minister &lpar;&commat;10DowningStreet&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;10DowningStreet&sol;status&sol;1130891221541556224&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">May 21&comma; 2019<&sol;a><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In an appeal to MPs&comma; she said that the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;biggest problem with Britain today is its politics” but with the right Brexit deal &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;we can end this corrosive debate”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a message to MPs&comma; she said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Reject this deal and leaving the EU with a negotiated deal any time soon will be dead in the water&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But as well as Tory anger&comma; Mrs May also failed to win immediate support from her DUP allies&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>DUP parliamentary leader Nigel Dodds said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We will examine the legislation closely when the Bill is finally published but the fundamental flaws of the draft Withdrawal Agreement treaty itself remain unchanged&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads5--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Many of the proposals on the backstop serve as an attempt through domestic law to mitigate a bad deal&comma; whereas the focus should be on getting a better deal&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mrs May is also braced for a backlash from voters in Thursday’s European elections as former Conservative voters switch to Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party in their droves&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Liberal Democrat leader Sir Vince Cable&comma; who has received an opinion poll boost for his clear anti-Brexit message&comma; will carry out a whistle-stop tour of the country&comma; taking in Mr Corbyn’s constituency of Islington&comma; north London&comma; before travelling to Edinburgh and Cambridge&comma; as he urges Remain voters to lend his party their support&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed610f2f2f8">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; 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