Several backbenchers, including Remain voters, are detecting the beginnings of a shift in the party.
Declaration will make him latest Tory grandee to emerge as supporter of People’s Vote. / Chris Patten, the former Conservative party chairman, is to declare support for a second referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU.
The former head of MI6 has warned Theresa May’s Brexit deal will “threaten the national security of the country”, in a call for Tory MPs to reject it. The agreement would “place control of aspects of our national security in foreign hands”, claims Sir Richard Dearlove, in an extraordinary letter to Conservative associations.
CBI appeals to Tory MPs to shift position to avoid a no-deal Brexit, or risk further harm to the economy.
At the official launch, Right to Vote claimed several cabinet ministers and junior ministers had their ‘hearts’ behind a second referendum.
Tory former minister’s trips including campaign for hard Brexit in US funded by donations to thinktank.
Multiple Conservative Party donors are reportedly witholding money from the organisation because of their dismay at Theresa May’s Brexit strategy.
Conservative grandee and former leadership contender Lord Heseltine has launched a scathing attack on Boris Johnson, accusing him of creating the "greatest constitutional crisis in modern times".
Italy's PM, Matteo Renzi, says it will be "impossible" for Brexit talks to provide a deal that gives British people more rights than those outside the EU.
Conservative minister accuses Tory Brexiteers of 'treachery' and suggests they join Nigel Farage's new party
14/02/2019
Richard Harrington also dismisses the so-called Malthouse compromise, which is intended to bridge Tory divisions.
Discussions could lead to new party consisting of six or more Labour MPs plus some Tories.
Senior Conservative under fire after dismissing march for fresh Brexit referendum as ‘desperate stuff’
17/02/2019
Leading Tories accused of ‘sniping at the huge numbers of people in this country who want to make their voice heard’.
Theresa May told to rescue Brexit within 10 days or face cabinet walkout to prevent no deal
16/02/2019
David Gauke hints he will quit if prime minister fails to ‘act responsibly’ by ruling out a no deal – with other ministers expected to follow.
John Major attacks ‘zealot’ Conservative Brexiteers but urges moderate Tories to stay in the party
19/02/2019
Both main parties are being ‘manipulated by fringe opinion’ says former prime minister as he condemns ‘extreme’ Tory MPs’ ‘intransigence’.
'Dozens' of Tory MPs want May to delay EU departure if deal cannot be reached.
Theresa May is facing the threat of a revolt by Remain-supporting ministers ahead of a crucial cabinet meeting on her Brexit negotiations.
Labour Will Be In Power For 20 Years If Tories Allow A No-Deal Brexit, Sir Oliver Letwin Warns
01/03/2019
Former Cabinet minster says Labour would gain a ‘very big majority’ at next election.
Left-behind towns in England are to get a £1.6bn funding boost as part of a package of measures to win support for Theresa May’s Brexit deal among Labour MPs, who said the new cash would not buy their votes.
Verdict from QC advising hardline Conservatives on Irish backstop would sink prime minister's deal in next week's 'meaningful vote' - if followed.
A Conservative party activist who produced Brexit: The Movie is facing a possible jail sentence after he admitted lying to secure a £519,000 investment in his fledgling hedge fund.
Former attorney general says unless PM changes course "we are going to spiral down into oblivion".
"If that becomes an option it’s an option that I would personally take".
Theresa May has angered Tory and DUP MPs by “taking no deal off the table” at a time when she desperately needs them to pass her Brexit deal.
Amber Rudd among 40 MPs vowing to fight pressure for hardliner to replace Theresa May. / Dozens of moderate Tories, including senior cabinet ministers, have signed up to a powerful new party group in an attempt to stop the Conservatives lurching further to the right during the race to replace Theresa May.