Tory MPs react with fury to talk of no-deal Brexit manifesto promise
by Kate Proctor Political correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#4S5XH)
More than 50 MPs could refuse to stand at election if no-deal pledge is in manifesto
Conservative MPs have launched a furious backlash against a mooted general election manifesto that pushes explicitly for a no-deal Brexit, with some threatening to quit.
Boris Johnson's chief whip, Mark Spencer, and his parliamentary private secretary, James Heappey, have received a series of complaints in the past 24 hours from backbench MPs who say they cannot stand on a no-deal platform, after a Downing Street memo was sent out.
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