MPs take sides ahead of crucial vote - BBC News

Summary

Rebel MPs bid to oust Theresa May as Tory leader
PM says she will fight vote "with everything I have got"
May cancels cabinet meeting and talks with Irish Taoiseach ahead of the vote
PM needs to secure 158 votes - half the parliamentary party plus one - to remain as leader
Result of the secret ballot is expected at 21:00 GMT
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Posted at 11:29

Tory MP Jo Johnson says the future of the country is at stake and he reiterates his calls for a People's Vote.

The Remainer, who quit the cabinet over Brexit, says: “There is something much bigger at stake here than the leadership of the Conservative Party and that is the future of our country.

“The Brexit deal that Prime Minister Theresa May has negotiated is clearly against our national interest.

"It's worse than our present deal within the EU, as leading Brexiters have admitted. It will leave us poorer than we otherwise would be and with less control over our laws.

“That is not what was promised in the referendum and it is clear that Parliament will never support this deal, which is why the meaningful vote on Tuesday was cancelled.

“We need to break the gridlock, get on with it and give the public the final say with a People's Vote.”

Posted at 11:26

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