REBEL Conservative MPs will meet to discuss how to seize control once more of Parliament’s Brexit agenda.
Some of the suspended 21 Tories want to vote with Labour again to take control of the Commons on Saturday to approve any exit deal.
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They want to close off any bid by Boris Johnson to escape the Benn Act which demands a three-month delay if there is no Brexit deal.
Tory rebels fear Eurosceptics in the party will back the PM’s deal during business before voting down a later Bill to enforce it so that the UK leaves with no deal on October 31.
Suspended Tory David Gauke said there may need to be a three-month delay if a deal is struck to stop anything “going wrong”.
The Lib Dems revealed that they had tabled an amendment to the Queen’s Speech to put any Brexit deal to another referendum.
And the party urged Labour and the SNP to back their move early next week.
If their amendment is selected by Speaker John Bercow it sets the stage for a titanic Commons clash.
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Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson said: “The best way to resolve the Brexit chaos is to have a People’s Vote. The best deal we have is as members of the European Union.”
Tory deputy chairman Paul Scully hit back: “Yesterday the Liberal Democrats wanted to ignore 17.4million voters by revoking Brexit, today they want to do it by holding a second referendum. It’s clear that what you’ll get with them is more delay, gridlock and uncertainty.”
Labour refused to say if they would vote for the amendment. The SNP said they would “keep all options on the table to stop Brexit”.
