Rees-Mogg launches bid to put brakes on May’s Chequers Brexit plans Conservative MP and leading supporter of Brexit Jacob Rees-Mogg in central London © Simon Dawson / Reuters
Jacob Rees-Mogg, the leading voice for the backbench Tory Brexiteers, is leading a rebellion against Theresa May in a bid to thwart her Brexit proposals, by tabling four amendments to the Trade Bill to be debated on Monday.
Rees-Mogg has assembled a significant amount of Eurosceptic MPs, including fellow Tory backbenchers, the DUP, and Kate Hoey from Labour, who are furious at the PM’s Chequers Brexit plans they’ve nicknamed ‘Brino’ (Brexit In Name Only), according to the Sun.
The move could destabilize the PM – who has already seen a raft of ministerial resignations including Boris Johnson and David Davis, as well as Tory party vice-chairs Maria Caulfield and Ben Bradley, angry at her “soft” Brexit plan. Read more © Rob Pinney/ Global Look Press 'Verging on criminal’: Fury at Telegraph article suggesting PM Theresa May guilty of treason
Seemingly undeterred by the risk to May, Rees-Mogg insists: “Unfortunately Chequers was a breakdown in trust. Brexit meant Brexit, but now it appears Brexit means remaining subject to European laws.
“I believe this will help the Government stick to the promises it made,” he continued.
“It may resolve the dilemma the Prime Minister faces. Does she rely on Labour votes to achieve Brexit or does she change her mind and go back to Lancaster House. Will she stick to her earlier words?”
The move could potentially wipe out May’s parliamentary majority when the Bill goes before MPs on Monday in the first eye-catching course of action instigated by hardline Brexiteers post-Chequers.
One amendment calls for the UK to abandon its pledge to collect taxes and duties on behalf of EU states unless it is reciprocated by the bloc, reports the Sun.
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