Jacob Rees-Mogg, Iain Duncan Smith and Steve Baker are behind a report, which will be released today, and calls for alternative arrangements to the backstop to be made within three years to break the current Brexit impasse. The report by Prosperity UK calls for “goodwill and pragmatism” on both sides and says a solution can be found “by harnessing existing technologies and customs best practice – futuristic high-tech solutions are not needed”.
Remainers Nicky Morgan and Greg Hands led research in to the report and say in their foreword: “Despite the volatility in British politics, we believe there is now a clear route open to a negotiated Brexit, which is firmly in the interests of all sides.”
The news comes as about a dozen Tory MPs threatened to support a vote of no confidence in the Government to stop a no-deal Brexit.
Defence Minister Tobias Ellwood said the rebels would include ministers as well as backbenchers, in a stark warning to the Tory leadership contenders who have kept the option of a no-deal Brexit on the table.
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Britain is due to leave the European Union on October 31, although Parliament could attempt to block Brexit if no agreement has been struck with Brussels.
On the possibility of some Tory MPs supporting the “nuclear option” of denying the Government Commons support if it pushed for no deal, Mr Ellwood told the BBC: “I believe that absolutely is the case.
“I think a dozen or so members of parliament would be on our side, would be voting against supporting a no-deal and that would include ministers as well as backbenchers.”
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