Conservative MPs who seek to rebel against Prime Minister Boris Johnson over Brexit will have the whip withdrawn and will be deselected. The threat comes as the party's new leader seeks to push through Brexit before the 31 October deadline.
Tory rebels Dominic Grieve and Oliver Letwin are set to team up with Labour's Shadow Brexit Secretary Keir Starmer and seek to block a no-deal Brexit within hours of Parliament resuming this week.
A draft motion, which would give Parliament just hours to pass the law and make it difficult for MPs to table amendments, has been leaked to Buzzfeed News.
The bill could be tabled as early as Tuesday, 3 September, although it might not be debated until Wednesday.
Mr Starmer referred to the legislation as a “simple plan.”
Mr Johnson, with the support of 10 Democratic Unionist MPs from Northern Ireland, currently has a majority of only one and that is likely to evaporate if Grieve, Letwin and other Remainer Tories support the motion.
The draft motion, which reportedly contains 19 clauses, outlines a plan to move a motion at an emergency debate on Tuesday.
It would allow MPs opposed to no-deal to seize control of the parliamentary agenda from the government and pass legislation.
The rebels would then seek to pass their European Union (Withdrawal) (No.6) Bill, which would require Mr Johnson to seek an extension from the European Union if he not able to agree a new deal with…
