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Winston Churchill's grandson faces losing the Tory whip tonight as more than a dozen MPs warned Boris Johnson they would rebel over Brexit .

Sir Nicholas Soames confirmed tonight he will vote against the government after the Tory leader failed to assure him a Brexit deal would be done.

Speaking just before an 11th-hour meeting with the Prime Minister, Sir Nicholas said he would back a move to seize the Commons agenda, the first step to blocking no-deal Brexit on October 31, in a vote expected around 9pm.

He later looked rattled as he refused to answer questions from an ITV reporter, snapping: "Oh go away, for God's sake, stop being such a bore."

But he later confirmed he would vote against the government, telling fellow rebel Rory Stewart: "Me too."

More than a dozen pro-EU Tories have warned they will rebel against the government to stop no-deal.

Around 15 pro-EU Tory MPs met the Prime Minister for final talks this morning. Most high-profile rebels except Tory Dominic Grieve are thought to have been there.

Sources said they ranged from "irreconcilables" to people who were willing to listen to the Prime Minister's assurances that he would get a Brexit deal.

Sir Nicholas Soames gave a "credible and impassioned" speech but did not explicitly say to the Prime Minister how he would vote, the Mirror understands.

Philip Hammond is also said to have been slapped down by officials over the detail of how a Brexit deal would go through Parliament.

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Boris Johnson claimed the MPs were "chopping the legs off" his negotiating stance by persuading EU leaders that Parliament will stop Brexit.

And he promised to withdraw the whip from any rebels and bar them from standing as Tories in an election on October 14.

But rebel ringleader Philip Hammond, dumped as Chancellor six weeks ago, hit back today with a furious attack on the Prime Minister.

He warned Boris Johnson will face “the fight of a lifetime” if he fulfils a threat to drop Mr Hammond as a candidate in Runnymede and Weybridge, Surrey.

In a blistering interview, Mr Hammond condemned Downing Street’s “aggressive operation, threatening people and offering people inducements” as he warned MPs will win the vote on blocking no-deal tonight.

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The mild-mannered former Chancellor said fellow MPs have been “incensed” by Boris Johnson’s tactics and “feel very strongly that now is the time we have to put the national interest ahead of any threats to us personally”.

Asked if No10 had the power to oust him, he told the BBC: "I don't believe they do. And there would certainly be the fight of a lifetime if they tried to."

Asked if that would mean legal action he said: "Possibly."

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Tory Brexit moderates Justine Greening and Keith Swinson announced they would stand down as Tories at the next election as pro-EU MPs abandoned the leadership.

Tory MP Antoinette Sandbach told Sky News: "I feel so strongly about this that I'm prepared to put my job on the line for my constituents."

And former immigration minister Caroline Nokes told the BBC: "My constituents mean a whole lot more to me than keeping the Conservative whip."

Tory rebel MPs David Gauke, Philip Hammond and Greg Clark left 10 Downing Street before lunchtime, declining to make any comment to reporters.

Stephen Hammond, Nicholas Soames, Antoinette Sandbach, Margot James and Anne Milton also left Downing Street without making any comment to the press.