MPs plotting to stop Brexit risk causing a "political tsunami", Liam Fox has warned. Writing for The Telegraph, the International Trade Secretary warns that failing to deliver on the 2016 referendum would open up a "yawning gap" between voters and Parliament.

Upping the ante in a Cabinet war over a no-deal outcome, he also attacked MPs and ministers attempting to remove the option entirely, saying that the "most stupid thing possible" in a negotiation is to "give away your strongest card".

Dr Fox's intervention comes after it emerged that Dominic Grieve, a former minister planning to prevent a no-deal Brexit, has drawn up proposals for just 300 MPs to be able to seize control of the Commons agenda.

One minister suggested any Tories who pursued the plan should be removed from the party.

Separately, Sir Graham Brady, the chairman of the Conservatives' parliamentary party in the Commons, warns that the EU have "run rings" about British negotiators over the last two years, and describes Theresa May's deal as "deeply flawed and virtually friendless".