Jacob Rees-Mogg blasts Remainer Tory MPs for trying to use ‘meaningful vote’ to stop Brexit as Theresa May publishes compromise

JACOB Rees-Mogg has blasted Remainer Tory MPs for trying to use the “meaningful vote” on the Brexit deal to stop us leaving the EU.

It comes as Theresa May is set to publish a compromise amendment to her flagship withdrawal bill – a position she was forced into after a threat of rebellion by her backbenchers.

Jacob Rees-Mogg has blasted Remainer Tory MPs for trying to use ‘meaningful vote’ to stop Brexit

The concession they want would bind the Government to asking for the House of Commons’ approval on the final agreement it gets back from Brussels.

But Mr Rees-Mogg said their motives have “nothing to do with parliamentary scrutiny - they are about stopping Brexit”.

He said their amendment would “introduce an unworkable constitutional proposition” that actually makes the potential for Britain to leave without a deal more likely – the opposite of the pro-EU MPs’ intentions.

The leading Brexiteer said of the “meaningful vote” in the EU bill: “Its aim is not parliamentary sovereignty or oversight but continued vassalage within the European Union.”

It comes as Theresa May is set to publish a compromise amendment to her flagship withdrawal bill

Writing in The Times, he added: “Parliamentary scrutiny is a good thing and, as we leave the European Union, the revivification of our democracy will be a boon.

“But the real aim of the Hailsham amendment [on a meaningful vote] is not greater scrutiny, it is a threat to Brexit.”

His article today follows criticism he made of leading Tory rebel Dominic Grieve, who he accused of "supping with the devil" for addressing a private meeting in the European Commission's London base.

Mr Greive was forced to deny he was involved in an anti-Brexit conspiracy after
being seen at the event with former spin doctor Alastair Campbell and other opponents of Britain's EU exit.

The leading Brexiteer accused Dominic Grieve of 'supping with the devil' for attending event at the European Commission's London HQ

Mr Rees-Mogg warned that Mr Grieve should be "careful about the company he keeps" if he wanted to "maintain his position that this is not about stopping Brexit".

He told the Daily Mail: "He is someone I trust and when he says he is not trying to frustrate Brexit I believe him but the people he is associating with are clear they do want to stop Brexit.

"If you sup with the devil you should use a long spoon and he is using an egg spoon."

Mr Grieve said he disagreed "fundamentally" with Mr Rees-Mogg's claim, and insisted it was "not a meeting to conspire with anybody".

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