Prime Minister Theresa May may not get the Brexit she wants (Picture: PA)

‘Brexit is dying’ and the Remain side is becoming stronger, according to a former Conservative MP.

Matthew Parris thinks Theresa May’s plans to leave the European Union could be in jeopardy because the Tories are not united on the issue.

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Mr Parris, who represented West Derbyshire in the 1980s, made the warning on BBC Radio 4’s World at One programme.

He said: ‘The right of the Conservative party – the hardline Brexiteers – certainly want to keep her in place, because they have her as a sort of captive in Downing Street and they don’t know who they will get otherwise.




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Matthew Parris said Brexit could be dying (Picture: Rex)

He added: ‘Brexit is dying, Brexit is in terrible trouble – and with every month that passes, the difficulties become clearer, and the Remain side of the argument becomes stronger.

‘The last thing Brexiteers want is a new leader of the Conservative party and a fresh approach to these negotiations, that would be very far from Mrs May’s Lancaster House speech.’

Chancellor Philip Hammond (Picture: PA)

A number of Tory MPs are not too keen about a ‘hard Brexit’ and have voiced their concerns.

Chancellor Philip Hammond said a temporary agreement needed to be made with the EU for after Brexit that was similar to the status we have now.

He added at the G20 meeting he wasn’t convinced trade deals would make much difference to the country after it had exited the EU.

Backbencher Anna Soubry, who represents Broxtowe in Nottinghamshire, has gone as far as to form a cross-party alliance to convince the prime minister to have closer links with the EU.

Anna Soubry has been outspoken about Brexit (Picture: PA)

Brexit Secretary David Davis appealed for MPs to work together on Brexit ahead of the publication on Thursday of the major Repeal Bill to remove the supremacy of Brussels law.

He said the first piece of Government legislation relating to leaving the EU was one of the most significant to ever be brought to Parliament.

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