It comes after MPs effectively demanded that Mrs May renegotiate the Withdrawal Agreement after her original plan was rejected by lawmakers. But senior EU politicians including European Council President Donald Tusk have said no part of the agreement - including the backstop - is open for renegotiation. Mrs May's own deal was routed by 230 votes on January 15, the biggest defeat for a government in modern British history. Rees-Mogg wrote in today's Telegraph that both Brussels and Westminster could move at speed when they need to. 'If the agreement were made but a little parliamentary time were needed ... a short extension is not impossible.'

Source: Daily Mail February 01, 2019 22:02 UTC