May says she’ll still have a job after EU vote

Theresa May has insisted she will “still have a job in two weeks’ time” as she begins the final countdown to a crucial vote on her Brexit deal.

In an interview on ITV’S This Morning, she denied the suggestion that her agreement with Brussels was a “disaster”, and said MPS must hold their nerve and deliver a “better future” by backing her deal on 11 December.

With about 100 Conservative MPS saying they will vote against the deal, the Prime Minister insisted: “I will still have a job in two

weeks’ time.” However, she did not rule out resigning in the wake of a defeat.

She added: “At the end of the line it is, I think, about holding our nerve and getting this over the line so we can deliver on Brexit and people can have that better future.”

Asked if she was “knackered” after a busy schedule trying to convince the public of the benefits of her deal, Mrs May said: “It’s a tough time, it’s a difficult time... an awful lot of work has had to go into this.

“But I always think the key thing is just keep focused on what the end point is. The end point is getting a good deal through for the UK and delivering on what people voted for.

“That is what drives me. My job is making sure that we do what the public asked us to, we leave the EU but we do it in a way that is good for them.”

Mrs May did not explain what would happen to her if her deal fails, instead saying: “I’ve got a duty as Prime Minister to deliver on what people voted for.”

She reiterated that it is her deal or no deal, saying: “The message has been very clear: this is the deal.”

Mrs May also said was “keen” to have a live TV debate on the Brexit deal with Jeremy Corbyn, but fears that holding it on ITV would mean she missed Strictly Come Dancing.

Asked if the Prime Minister thought the government was entering “squeaky bum time”, her spokesman said: “She thinks that we are entering a very significant moment in the recent history of our country.”