No Brexit deal is the best deal, MPs tell Theresa May

THERESA May was told yesterday that she needs to abandon Brexit talks and walk away without a deal.

Tory MPs have warned the Prime Minister that patience is running out over the protracted negotiations with Brussels.

After a series of meetings with MPs this week ahead of a summit in the Balkans, Mrs May has been warned that she needs to follow her own view that “no deal is better than a bad deal”.

Walking out of talks and following World Trade Organisation rules would save Britain nearly £40billion in “divorce” fees.

The final straw for many Brexiteers came after Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar made a bid to force Britain to stay in the single market at the summit in Macedonia where he met Mrs May.

Mr Varadkar claimed there would be no deal if his demands were not met. However, it backfired with pro-Brexit MPs saying no deal is the best way forward.

Former Brexit minister David Jones said: “I think the increasing view is that no deal is the best option. The EU is unlikely to agree to any of our proposals. They want us to remain in both the customs union and the single market. That would be servitude and would be even worse than remaining in the EU.

“If we walk away we can save ourselves £40billion and start trading globally.

“Tariffs under WTO rules are relatively low and we will save money for our people by buying food and clothes on the world market. The EU have pushed their luck too far and it’s coming back to bite them.”

Senior Tory MEP David Campbell Bannerman also tweeted yesterday that no deal is the best option. He highlighted the 15 wrecking amendments by Remainers in the Lords. There are concerns that Labour, the Lib Dems and SNP will team up with Tory Remainers such as Anna Soubry and Ken Clarke to force the Government to accept the changes in the Commons.

He said: “I think the chances of going to a quick ‘no deal’ WTO rules arrangement have become far more likely with the ‘fun and games’ of the Lords amendments and nonsense over the Irish border.”

There is also pressure from the Government’s Democratic Unionist Party allies from Northern Ireland to walk away.