Brexiteers deliver key terms to May
Liam Fox on Brexit delay:"If we have no option... then so be it"
They still want a time-limit to the Irish backstop - but they say they don't mind how that is achieved.The three tests, drawn up by eight Brexit-backing lawyers, including Tories and a DUP MP, is seen as a softening of the ERG's previous stance on the backstop, which is meant to guarantee the return of a hard border on the island of Ireland.
"To attempt to have a delay mechanism in order to thwart the process of Brexit itself is actually politically completely unacceptable," he told Andrew Marr.He did not rule out a short delay to Brexit, even if Mrs May's deal gets through, in order to get the legislation through Parliament, however.MPs last month rejected the withdrawal deal Theresa May has reached with the EU by 230 votes - the biggest defeat for a sitting government in history.
Getting the backing of the ERG for her deal would be a major boost for Mrs May but would still not guarantee she could get it through Parliament.Some Tory MPs would prefer to see the UK leave without a deal, rather than the PM's deal, even with changes. And there are a variety of views within the ERG itself, with some leading figures taking a more hardline approach than others.
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