Boris Johnson: Theresa May 'on Verge Of Total Surrender' To Brussels news.sky.com

Boris Johnson is calling on his former cabinet colleagues to stage a mutiny over Theresa May's Brexit plan – but he admits "it will make little difference".

Writing in The Daily Telegraph, Mr Johnson says the PM is "on the verge of total surrender" to Brussels and her proposals are "a recipe for continued strife".

"We are on the verge of signing up for something even worse than the current constitutional position. These are terms that might be enforced on a colony," he adds.

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Mr Johnson's stinging attack on Number 10 comes days after his brother, Jo, quit his role as transport minister.

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Jo Johnson said the PM's Brexit proposal was a "failure of British statecraft on a scale unseen since the Suez crisis".

Over the weekend, promises of a deal with the EU collapsed with both sides stuck on the terms of the Irish backstop.

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The UK and the EU want to avoid border checks between Northern Ireland and the Republic but cannot agree how that would work.

Brexiteers insist any arrangement should be time limited, with the UK able to say when it breaks away.

Commons leader Andrea Leadsom warned that if there is no get-out clause "I very much doubt we could get it through parliament".