Boris Johnson and other Tory MPs arrive at No10 for drinks as the PM schmoozes her backbenchers
Theresa May tonight threw a drinks party for some of her biggest critics on her backbenches – including Boris Johnson – as she tries to win their backing for her Brexit deal.
The PM laid on the charm as she hosted Tory MPs and their spouses to Number Ten for the exclusive soiree.
She is desperately trying to convince her warring MPs to vote for her under-fire Brexit deal in the Commons in just eight days’ time.
Mr Johnson, who has become one of the PM’s biggest critics since quitting her Cabinet in fury at her Brexit deal last year – was among those who turned up to the bash.
Fellow Brexiteers Iain Duncan Smith and Theresa Villiers also arrived at
Mrs may faces a titanic battle to convince her mutinous backbenchers to U-turn and support her deal.
Just hours before Mr Johnson turned up to Downing Street for the drinks, he launched yet another savage attack on her deal in his weekly newspaper column.
He insisted that a ‘no deal’ Brexit is what people voted for in the referendum – rather than what he sees as the PM’s bodged compromise.
The No10 party comes after Mrs May today insisted that she has not given up hope on getting her Brexit deal past MPs – amid claims the EU will try to save her from disaster by promising to sign a trade deal by 2021.
The Prime Minister denied wasting a month since postponing a titanic Commons showdown from December 11, saying she had been working hard to get more concessions from Brussels.
She confirmed that the debate on her package will ‘restart’ on Wednesday – with the vote now due next Tuesday, January 15.