Michael Gove warns that if MPs vote against Theresa May's deal 'there could be no Brexit at all'

Environment Secretary Michael Gove leaves after a cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street last night
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Sophie Williams2 December 2018

Michael Gove has warned MPs that if they vote against Theresa May’s Brexit deal, there “could be no Brexit at all.”

The Brexiteer told the BBC’s Andrew Marr show that he doesn’t “100 percent” agree with Theresa May’s deal however he said he was “supporting the prime minister” to “bring the deal home.”

Mr Gove warned that if the deal did not get enough support in the Commons on December 11, “there is a chance of no Brexit at all or a second referendum.”

He said: “I believe we can win the argument and win the vote even though it’s challenging but my view is that we’ve got to look properly at what those alternatives are.

Mr Gove said he believe's Theresa May's Brexit deal could pass through parliament
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“The key things are, if we don’t get this deal through then there is a chance of no brexit at all or no referendum.

“There is a real risk that if we don’t vote for this deal then there is a majority for a second referendum and there is a real risk that if we don’t vote deal then we will get a less good deal or no deal at all.”

It comes as Sir Keir Starmer, shadow secretary for Brexit, revealed that Labour will seek a vote of no confidence in the government if Mrs May’s deal is voted down on December 11.

Labour's Keir Starmer revealed that Labour will seek a vote of no confidence in the government if Mrs May’s deal is voted down 
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He told Sky News' Sophy Ridge on Sunday: "It seems to me that if the Prime Minister has lost a vote of that sort of significance then there has to be a question of confidence in the Government.

"I think it's inevitable that we will seek to move that - obviously it will depend on what actually happens in nine days, it will depend on what the response is - but if she's lost a vote of this significance after two years of negotiation, then it is right that there should be a general election.

"Because, but for the Fixed Term Parliaments Act, the convention was always if a Government loses what's called a confidence vote - something of such significance - then that Government has to go."

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