Jacob Rees Mogg: 'Whether we are there yet is another matter, but I have always thought that no-deal is better than Mrs May's deal, but Mrs May's deal is better than not leaving at all.'
On his Conservativehome podcast, the European Research Group chairman said: "The Prime Minister will not deliver a no-deal Brexit."
He added that "leaving the European Union, even leaving it inadequately and having work to do afterwards is better than not leaving at all".It was, he said, a "process of unravelling and diverging which will take time". "I think she is playing with fire when she says she is not going to take any notice of what the House of Commons says," he told BBC radio.
The government insisted the deal Mrs May agreed with the European Union in November after more than two years of negotiation remained the only way forward for taking Britain out of the EU.Mrs May hopes MPs who want an abrupt no-deal Brexit will now fall in behind her or risk seeing a long delay which could end up with Britain remaining closer to the EU or not leaving at all.
Health Minister Matt Hancock said Mrs May's deal remained the only option on the table and ousting the prime minister would not help resolve the impasse."Changing the party leader doesn't change anything. It doesn't change the arithmetic in parliament and also it would be a huge distraction," Mr Hancock said.
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