Ms Rees-Mogg, the sister of Tory Brexiteer Jacob, said he fully supports her decision to stand for a different party and says the pair ‘get on extremely well’. 

Speaking at the event alongside leader Nigel Farage, Ms Rees-Mogg, who has twice stood unsuccessfully for the Conservatives, said: ‘I think our politics is broken. 

‘It’s been very clear that we have got a Remainer parliament trying very ineffectually to represent the Leave vote.ADVERTISING

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Ms Rees-Mogg, who has twice stood unsuccessfully for the Conservatives, said the Tory party is ‘confused’

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Annunziata Rees-Mogg will stand in the East Midlands for the European elections on May 23

‘We need Leave representatives to fight the corner of our democracy.’

Asked why Labour and Tory Brexiteers should switch their allegiance to the newly-formed party, she replied: ‘When it comes to Labour, Lord Adonis has said it better than I could – if you supported Brexit, don’t vote Labour.

‘For the Conservatives, they are in such a confused place. There is no leadership from the top.

‘Theresa May has succumbed to the Remainer will of some of her party and ignored the rest of her party.

‘If you want your voice to be heard, vote for the Brexit Party.’

Asked if she had spoken to her brother about her decision to stand for the Brexit Party, Ms Rees-Mogg replied: ‘Of course I have. My family is incredibly important to me, and Jacob and I get on extremely well.

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Around 700 activists came to the campaign rally in Nottingham to see Ms Rees-Mogg and Nigel Farage

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Ms Rees-Mogg said the Remainer wing of the Conservative party has drowned out the voice of the Brexiteers

‘He understands that I feel this is the only way to get everyone’s voices heard – to get us out of Europe for the good of our democracy, for the sake of our country.’

Ms Rees-Mogg said it had yet to be confirmed where she would be ranked on the Brexit Party’s list of candidates in the East Midlands.

For European elections, parties compile a list of candidates where MEPs are elected by proportional representation in specific regions.

‘Obviously I hope to be reasonably high up and I hope we get as many votes as possible so that there as many representatives in order to make sure we’re heard.’ 

Afterwards, Nigel Farage said he intended to fight and win the European elections and insisted he was not a career politician.

He said: ‘We have not formed this party just to protest, just to stick two fingers up to the establishment on May 23, just to get our own back and tell them what we think of them. 

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Labour accused Theresa May of failing to offer opposition ‘real change or compromise’ after a third day of talks between senior frontbenchers and officials on both sides.

With just days to go to find a consensus and get an agreed deal though the Commons after months of division, Labour voiced ‘disappointment’ at the way they had gone.

Shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer said the Government was ‘not countenancing any changes’ to the wording of the Political Declaration setting out the framework for the future UK-EU relationship.ADVERTISING

In a sign that talks with ministers have so far failed to produce a breakthrough, he said: ‘Well, we’ve had two rounds of talks and today we’ve had an exchange of correspondence with the Government.

‘So far, the Government isn’t proposing any changes to the deal. In particular it’s not countenancing any changes to the actual wording of the political declaration.

‘Now obviously that’s disappointing; compromise requires change. We want the talks to continue and we’ve written in those terms to the Government, but we do need change if we’re going to compromise.’

A Labour spokesman added: ‘We are disappointed that the Government has not offered real change or compromise.

‘We urge the Prime Minister to come forward with genuine changes to her deal in an effort to find an alternative that can win support in Parliament and bring the country together.’ 

Tom Watson had earlier heaped more pressure on Jeremy Corbyn to demand a second referendum from Theresa May as Labour’s price for agreeing a Brexit deal.

The party’s deputy leader said that it’s ‘highly unlikely’ members would support a cross-party agreement the Prime Minister if another public vote on leaving the EU was not included in some way. 

Labour is split over Brexit after Emily Thornberry contradicted her leader by also demanding a second referendum on any deal. 

But yesterday a group of 25 of his backbenchers wrote to Mr Corbyn warning against the inclusion of a second referendum in any compromise Brexit deal negotiated with the Government. 

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Tom Watson today heaped more pressure on Jeremy Corbyn to demand a second referendum from Theresa May as Labour’s price for agreeing a Brexit deal.

Mr Watson told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that negotiations are ‘making progress’, he said, and both sides are hoping for ‘a creative solution’ – which could include another referendum.

He added: ‘One of the solutions to break a parliamentary impasse is to ask the people to run their slide rule over Theresa May’s deal.

‘They can work out for themselves whether this deal works for them and their families.’

Mr Watson revealed that Labour opened nominations on Thursday for candidates to stand in the European elections.

The question whether voters should be offered a ‘confirmatory’ referendum on any compromise deal emerging from talks is hotly disputed at Westminster.

The Daily Telegraph reported that ministers have considered the possibility of giving MPs a vote on holding a referendum on a deal if that is needed to seal agreement with Labour.

It is understood the Government could set out proposals to Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn in a letter on Friday.

The Labour leader personally held talks with the Prime Minister to thrash out a jointly-agreed deal to put to Parliament.

But in an explosive intervention, his shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry wrote to all Labour MPs demanding a ballot on whatever deal emerges.

Miss Thornberry wrote: ‘Any deal agreed by Parliament must be subject to a confirmatory public vote, and yes, the other option on the ballot must be Remain.’

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The hard-Left Labour leader pronounced his first Brexit discussions with Mrs May ‘useful but inconclusive’, and complained that there ‘hasn’t been as much change as I expected’.

He confirmed he raised the idea of a second referendum and said technical talks on finding an end to the Brexit impasse would continue on Thursday morning.

But just minutes later, amid simmering Tory tensions over the meeting, Attorney General Geoffrey Cox sought to placate angry MPs by suggesting a soft withdrawal might not be the end of the world, because we could later quit any customs union arrangement.ADVERTISING

Mr Cox told the BBC: ‘If we decided, in some considerable years time, that we wanted to review our membership of any such customs union if we signed it – and I’m not saying we will – that’s a matter for negotiation and discussion.

‘There’s nothing to stop us removing ourselves from that arrangement, so we can’t look at these things as permanent straitjackets upon this country.’

As well as a customs union he said they had discussed ‘dynamic regulatory alignment’ with the trade block that would see Britain retain minimum standards on ‘the environment as well as consumer and employment rights’.  

Mr Corbyn said he raised the issue of a confirmatory public vote on any Brexit deal with Mrs May.

‘I said this is the policy of our party, that we would want to pursue the option of a public vote to prevent crashing out or to prevent leaving with a bad deal,’ he said.

‘There was no agreement reached on that, we just put it there as one of the issues that the Labour Party conference voted on last year.’

The meeting came late on a day which saw two two Tory ministers resign in disgust, with MPs demanding a new secret ballot on Theresa May’s leadership today after she chose to hatch a Brexit deal with Jeremy Corbyn rather than leave the EU with No Deal on April 12.

The Prime Minister has enraged her party by abandoning hopes of persuading hardline Brexiteers and the DUP to back her deal and instead offering talks with the Labour leader on delivering a softer Brexit. 

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Theresa May leaving the Houses of Parliament tonight after meeting Leader Jeremy Corbyn for talks which sparked uproar among Tory MPs and pushed two ministers into resigning

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A cross-party manoeuvre hatched by Tory Sir Oliver Letwin and Labour’s Yvette Cooper to force a new law through the Commons in a day look set to succeed after a 315-310 decision to allow it to proceed (pictured)

Mrs May and Mr Corbyn were locked in talks for around two hours this afternoon amid fevered speculation they could agree on a customs union plan that would end hopes of post-Brexit trade deals. 

Both Labour and Downing Street said the meeting was ‘constructive’. Aides will meet further later before intensive negotiations tomorrow.

The talks also put Mr Corbyn on collision course with his shadow Foreign Secretary, Emily Thornberry, who earlier demanded that any deal reached must be put to a public vote. 

She wrote to MPs today ahead of a meeting of Mr Corbyn’s front benchers tonight, saying:  ‘(I’m) assuming one of the main topics of discussion will be whether to insist that any planned compromise deal we agree to support will be subject to a confirmatory public vote, with ‘Remain’ as the other alternative.

‘What I would have said is that if we look like reaching any other decision than a confirmatory vote, that would be in breach of the decision made unanimously by conference in Liverpool (last September) and overwhelmingly supported by our members, and it needs to be put to a vote by the shadow cabinet.’

More pressure was placed on the two leaders to agree a deal tonight as MPs backed a controversial plan to force Mrs May to stop a no-deal Brexit in a close Commons vote.

A cross-party manoeuvre hatched by Tory Sir Oliver Letwin and Labour’s Yvette Cooper to force a new law through the Commons in a day look set to succeed after a 315-310 decision to allow it to proceed.

If passed by both the Commons and the Lords the law would require the Prime Minister to delay Britain’s withdrawal beyond April 12.

The attempt to wrestle control of Brexit by the cross-party Remainers sparked fury among Brexiteers.

But the second reading vote passed by just five is almost certain to be repeated when MPs vote again at 10pm after the third reading.

Since the meeting was called dozens of irate grassroots Tory members have been cutting up their memberships in protest and posting pictures of their destroyed cards on social media.

Today Mrs May was bombarded with hostile questions from her own side at Prime Minister’s Questions and as she met with the Labour leader this afternoon junior Brexit minister Chris Heaton-Harris, who was tasked with planning for No Deal, resigned.

The Daventry MP said: ‘You don’t want to quit the EU without a deal, and that makes my job irrelevant’.

Tonight Mrs May said he had done ‘crucial work’ to prepare the country for No Deal and thanked Mr Heaton-Harris for his service. 

This morning Nigel Adams, the junior Wales Office minister, became the first to quit over the concessions to Mr Corbyn and told Mrs May: ‘It now seems that you have decided a deal – cooked up by a Marxist who has never put British interests first – is better than No Deal’.

Ahead of a meeting of the 1922 Committee at 5pm, Tory MPs are understood to be bombarding chairman Sir Graham Brady with demands for a new secret ballot on her leadership despite party rules protecting her from an official challenge until December. 

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Theresa May suffered attack-after-attack in the Commons today for choosing to reach out to Jeremy Corbyn to help deliver Brexit

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With EU leaders set to hold an emergency European Council on April 10, it could set the Prime Minister up with a plan that could win them over and get the Brexit delay she outlined in her dramatic address in Downing Street tonight.

Mrs May must have a new plan in her pocket by the time she sees EU leaders next Wednesday. In practice, talks with Mr Corbyn must have concluded by Monday night and the last chance for MPs to have a say is Tuesday night. 

Mr Corbyn tonight agreed to sit down for talks, saying he would not set any ‘limits’ ahead of the meeting but that his principles ahead of it were to recognise the ‘needs of the people that elected all MPs to Parliament and the need to avoid the dangers of crashing out’.ADVERTISING

He also warned that Labour would ‘hold in reserve’ the option of tabling a confidence motion in the Government if it ‘proves it is incapable of commanding a majority in the House of Commons’. 

If she gets a deal, Brexit will be delayed again from April 12 – but MPs will have to vote on it next week. 

Mrs May appeared to abandon attempts to woo hardcore Brexiteers in her own party and the DUP, who appear irretrievable lost in their desire for a hard Brexit. 

Instead she said she wanted to agree a way forward with the Labour leader – with whom she has already held fruitless talks.

But she signalled that if she and the Labour leader were still unable to agree terms she would ask Parliament to come up with an alternative.

Whatever Mrs May’s plans after tonight, rebel MPs already have control of the Commons tomorrow and are set to try and change the law to force the Government to accept any terms to avoid No Deal.

Yvette Cooper and Oliver Letwin are leading the process and will attempt to ram a new law through the Commons in a single day tomorrow.  

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What has Mrs May announced tonight? 

The Prime Minister said the divorce deal could not be changed but announced she would seek consensus with Jeremy Corbyn on the political declaration about the final UK-EU agreement.

What does it mean?  

It suggests Mrs May has abandoned all hope of winning over remaining Tory Brexiteers and the DUP on the terms of her current deal.

Striking a cross-party deal on the future relationship will require Mrs May to abandon many of her red lines – including potentially on free movement and striking trade deals.

What if Mr Corbyn says No? 

Mrs May said if she cannot cut a deal with Corbyn, she would ask Parliament to come up with options – and promised to follow orders from MPs.

When will Brexit be? 

It is hard to say – but it is unlikely to be next week on April 12. Mrs May said she would ask the EU for a new extension to Article 50 that is as ‘short as possible’ and ends when a deal is passed.

The PM clearly still wants to get out of the EU before EU elections have to be held on May 22.

Will the EU agree to this? 

It is hard to say. The EU has said it is open to further extension if there is a clear purpose and plan. Open ended talks on the future framework are unlikely to qualify.

A clear, negotiable goal for the future framework probably would do. The EU has always said it is open to Britain staying in the Single Market and Customs Union.

When does it need to be sorted out? 

Mrs May must have a new plan in her pocket by the time she sees EU leaders next Wednesday. In practice, talks with Mr Corbyn must have concluded by Monday night and the last chance for MPs to have a say is Tuesday night.  

What are rebel MPs doing tomorrow?  

Oliver Letwin secured control of the Commons agenda tomorrow, a third day after he staged indicative votes on Brexit yesterday and last Wednesday.

Tomorrow, the MPs have a different plan – to pass a draft law requiring the Government to seek a delay to Brexit if there is No Deal.

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Theresa May used a live televised address this evening (pictured) to offer to hold talk with Jeremy Corbyn over Brexit. If they failed she suggested that she would give Government time to MPs to guide her to an alternative to take to EU leaders next week

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Mr Corbyn told Sky tonight he would sit down with Theresa May but made no promises that they would be able to hammer out a cross-party agreement. Previous talks have ended in failure

How do they do it?

Before they can use the time in the Commons they have secured, the MPs must win a vote on the rules known as a Business of the House motion.

Tomorrow’s motions says the principle of the new law would be debated until 7pm. After this there is until 10pm to debate any proposed amendments to the law before another vote to finalise it at 10pm.

Is it allowed? 

Yes, in principle and if a majority of MPs vote for the Business of the House motion. Laws have been passed by the Government in a single day before though it remains unorthodox for backbench MPs to have control of the Commons at all.

Can it be stopped? 

Yes, if opponents of the idea can win votes on the issue and block the Business of the House motion. This seems unlikely as Sir Oliver has won his previous votes with a majority of around 40.

What will the Lords do?

Unclear. Forcing the Bill through would require the cooperation of the Lords as there are no timetabling rules in the Upper House. Brexiteers would have a better chance of blocking it in the Lords.

In practice, Labour signalled in January the Lords would be unlikely to outright block a draft law passed by MPs in the Commons.  

Will May resign? 

Nodbody knows for sure. Last week, Mrs May announced she would go if and when her divorce deal passed so a new Tory leader could take charge of the trade talks phase.

In practice, it drained Mrs May of all remaining political capital. Most in Westminster think her Premiership is over within weeks at the latest. 

As her deal folded for a third time on Friday, she faced immediate calls from Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn so stand down with instant effect. 

What is clear is there is already a fight underway for the Tory leadership.  

Does is all mean there will be an election?

Probably, at some point though the immediate chances probably fell slightly tonight. The Commons is deadlocked and the Government has no functional majority. While the Fixed Term Parliaments Act means the Government can stumble on, it will become increasingly powerless.

Mrs May could try to call one herself or, assuming she stands down, her successor could do so.  

Would May lead the Tories into an early election? 

Unlikely. Having admitted to her party she would go if the deal passes, Mrs May’s political career is doomed.

While there is no procedural way to remove her, a withdrawal of political support from the Cabinet or Tory HQ would probably finish her even if she wanted to stay.    

How is an election called? When would it be? 

Because of the Fixed Term Parliaments Act passed by the coalition, the Prime Minister can no longer simply ask the Queen to dissolve the Commons and call an election. There are two procedures instead.

First – and this is what happened in 2017 – the Government can table a motion in the Commons calling for an early election. Crucially, this can only pass with a two-thirds majority of MPs – meaning either of the main parties can block it.

Second an election is called if the Government loses a vote of no confidence and no new administration can be built within 14 days.

In practice, this is can only happen if Tory rebels vote with Mr Corbyn – a move that would end the career of any Conservative MP who took the step. 

An election takes a bare minimum of five weeks from start to finish and it would take a week or two to get to the shut down of Parliament, known as dissolution – putting the earliest possible polling day around mid to late May. 

If the Tories hold a leadership election first it probably pushes any election out to late June at the earliest.  

Why do people say there has to be an election? 

The question of whether to call an election finally reached the Cabinet last week.

Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay warned the rejection of Mrs May’s deal would set in train a series of events that will lead to a softer Brexit – meaning an election because so many MPs will have to break manifesto promises. 

MPs voting to seize control of Brexit from ministers has only fuelldd the demands.   

Labour has been calling for a new vote for months, insisting the Government has failed to deliver Brexit.

Mr Corbyn called a vote of no confidence in the Government in January insisting the failure of the first meaningful vote showed Mrs May’s administration was doomed. He lost but the calls did not go away. 

Brexiteers have joined the demands in recent days as Parliament wrestles with Brexit and amid fears among hardliners promises made by both main parties at the last election will be broken – specifically on leaving the Customs Union and Single Market. 

Tory MP Andrew Bridgen wants Mrs May replaced with a Brexiteer. He believes it would push Remain Tories out of the party and then allow a snap election with more Eurosceptic candidates wearing blue rosettes.

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After weeks of conflict in the Conservative Party, public support for Labour stands at 41 per cent, five points clear of the Tories on 36.

If repeated at an Election, Labour would be on course to win 307 seats, while the Conservatives would claim just 264.

Although Mr Corbyn would be 19 seats short of a majority, it would leave him in pole position to enter No 10 if he could strike an deal with the Scottish Nationalists

When the 11-strong Independent Group of Labour and Tory MPs is included in the poll choices, Labour is still ahead, on 35 per cent, with the Tories on 32 per cent and the new group – now called Change UK – on nine per cent.

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Jeremy Corbyn would be poised on the threshold of Downing Street if Theresa May called a General Election, an exclusive Mail on Sunday poll has found

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Although Mr Corbyn would be 19 seats short of a majority, it would leave him in pole position to enter No 10 if he could strike an deal with the Scottish Nationalists

The findings by Deltapoll represent a sharp turnaround for Mr Corbyn from last month’s MoS poll when the Tories enjoyed a seven-point cushion.

The new poll also shows that Boris Johnson enjoys a clear lead among the electorate in the race to succeed Mrs May as Tory leader, with more than twice the level of support of his closest rival, Home Secretary Sajid Javid.

Environment Secretary Michael Gove is the next most popular, followed by Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, former Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab and Chief Secretary to the Treasury Liz Truss.

The results will be seized upon by supporters of Mr Johnson. He has traditionally been more popular in the country than he is among the Tory MPs who would determine the final two candidates for a run-off among party members.

It will also embolden him in his battle with Mrs May’s allies in No 10 and at Tory HQ who have been plotting to sabotage his bid to take over the reins of power. 

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In a desperate bid to win support for her deal, Mrs May promised her party’s hardline Brexiteers that she would step down if they dropped their opposition, only to lose the vote anyway.

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The new poll also shows that Boris Johnson enjoys a clear lead among the electorate in the race to succeed Mrs May as Tory leader

The poll shows that nearly two-thirds of voters think that Mrs May should resign – 41 per cent say she should do so immediately, with a further 23 per cent saying she should do so if her deal is passed by the Commons. Just 22 per cent want her to stay.

In a desperate bid to win support for her deal, Mrs May promised her party’s hardline Brexiteers that she would step down if they dropped their opposition, only to lose the vote anyway.

It is clear that the country is as divided as the Commons over a way through the Brexit quagmire, with the public evenly split on options such as pursuing a No Deal, holding a second referendum or cancelling Brexit altogether. Deltapoll’s Joe Twyman said: ‘Theresa May has threatened the rebel MPs in her party with a General Election if they do not finally come around and support her Brexit deal. These results, however, show just what a kamikaze risk that may be.

‘Choosing to call an Election when so far behind in the polls could be seen as the bravest or worst decision ever made by a British Prime Minister in modern times.’

• Deltapoll interviewed 1,010 British adults online between March 28 and 30, 2019. The data has been weighted to be representative of the British adult population as a whole.

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The Labour leader told Sophy Ridge on Sunday that the ‘law must apply to everyone’, and denied that there was a discrepancy between the investigations into soldiers after Republican suspects were sent ‘comfort letters’ offering effective immunity from prosecution.

Matthew Jury, of McCue & Partners, who is representing the families of the victims of the Hyde Park bombings, told MailOnline: ‘Shamefully, Corbyn and co continue to stand by Blair’s outrageous decision to do a back-room deal with the IRA to grant terrorists on-the-run effective amnesty – and remember, whatever their protestations, this was not a part of the Good Friday Agreement.

‘All the while they sermonise about no one being above the law. They can’t have it both ways. 

‘If they’re going to demonise and pillory Britain’s veterans, then they must also back, not only an unequivocal revocation of the on-the-run letters, but a swooping up of the terrorists themselves to finally face justice.’

Jeremy Corbyn has angered supporters of British veterans after saying former soldiers should face prosecution for incidents during the Troubles, days after a former paratrooper was charged with murder over Bloody Sunday.

The Labour leader told Sophy Ridge on Sunday that the ‘law must apply to everyone’, and denied that there was a discrepancy between the investigations into soldiers after Republican suspects were sent ‘comfort letters’ offering effective immunity from prosecution.

Matthew Jury, of McCue & Partners, who is representing the families of the victims of the Hyde Park bombings, told MailOnline: ‘Shamefully, Corbyn and co continue to stand by Blair’s outrageous decision to do a back-room deal with the IRA to grant terrorists on-the-run effective amnesty – and remember, whatever their protestations, this was not a part of the Good Friday Agreement.

‘All the while they sermonise about no one being above the law. They can’t have it both ways. 

‘If they’re going to demonise and pillory Britain’s veterans, then they must also back, not only an unequivocal revocation of the on-the-run letters, but a swooping up of the terrorists themselves to finally face justice.’

Alan Barry, founder of Justice for Northern Ireland Veterans, said: ‘Under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement, veterans are being left open to prosecution while terrorists have been cleansed of their past crimes.’ 

Speaking on Sky News’ Sophy Ridge on Sunday, Mr Corbyn said: ‘The law must apply to everyone, and I don’t think we should have statutory limitations on this.’

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 Mr Corbyn said today: ‘The law must apply to everyone, and I don’t think we should have statutory limitations on this’

Mr Corbyn said ‘we should have a fair and proper judicial process’ and said what happened on Bloody Sunday was ‘awful and appalling’.

He added: ‘I do think it’s important to have the independence of a legal process, and there has to be an insurance that everyone has to abide by the law.’

He was pressed on whether it was fair given how those members of the IRA suspected of crimes were offered an amnesty in the Northern Irish peace process.

The Labour leader replied: ‘The Good Friday Agreement was important, seminal and complicated, but it does not provide complete immunity for everyone, it was never intended to.’

Shami Chakrabarti criticised the comments of Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson in support of Soldier F, when he said the Government would pay his full legal costs and added: ‘Our serving and former personnel cannot live in constant fear of prosecution.’

She told BBC One’s Andrew Marr Show she approves of anyone accused of serious crimes getting ‘full, complete five-star legal aid’.

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Jeremy Corbyn’s motion of no confidence was defeated 325 to 306, a majority of 19, following a day-long debate. 

Theresa May seized on her victory to invite Mr Corbyn to cross party Brexit talks as he has demanded – only to be snubbed by the Labour leader who said she had to rule out no deal first.  

Earlier, John McDonnell said Labour will keep trying to force a general election  and could swerve backing a second referendum for ‘weeks’.

The shadow chancellor’s hesitation came despite 71 Labour MPs going public with a demand for the policy shift as soon as today if Theresa May wins later.

Around 45 Labour MPs gathered outside Parliament this morning to launch their new campaign, holding a banner reading: ‘Labour MPs, MEPs, conference and members agree – The people should have the final say.’ 

After his move failed, Mr Corbyn said: ‘Last night the House rejected the Government’s deal emphatically.

‘A week ago the House voted to condemn the idea of a no-deal Brexit.

‘Before there can be any positive discussions about the way forward, the Government must remove clearly once and for all the prospect of the catastrophe of a no-deal Brexit from the EU and all the chaos that would come as a result of that.’

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The Labour leader is seizing on the Brexit chaos to try to force the Tories out of power and get the keys to Number Ten for himself.

But braced for the attack, the PM told the Commons she would face a confidence vote before he had a chance to announce his plan.   

Getting to his feet at the end of an explosive day in Parliament, Mr Corbyn said the PM had suffered a ‘catastrophic’ defeat that has left her Brexit plan in tatters.In a defiant statement moments after Mrs May was defeated 432 to 202, Mr Corbyn said he had tabled the crucial motion. 

He said: ‘The result of tonight’s vote is the greatest defeat for a government since the 1920s in this House. This is a catastrophic defeat for this government.

‘After two years of failed negotiations, the House of Commons has delivered its verdict on her Brexit deal and that verdict is absolutely decisive.’

His spokesman even suggested that if Labour lose tomorrow’s vote they could table another no confidence vote in future weeks

The move triggers a high-stakes contest that, if he wins, could send Mrs May tumbling from office and pave the way for a general election. 

But Mrs May looks set to cling on tomorrow after the DUP and her hardline Brexiteers confirmed they would vote for her – despite pulling their support tonight.

Mr Corbyn had  been under a huge amount of pressure from his MPs to table the vote to try to topple the PM after her humiliation tonight.

He had threatened to hold the vote one last month, but U-turned on it in a move which saw him mocked by his critics.  

Backbencher Gavin Shuker said failure to force a vote would be an ‘abdication of leadership’ and prove that the Labour leader is just trying to dodge backing a second Brexit referendum.

Mr Shuker said: ‘A failure to table a no confidence motion would be a huge betrayal tonight. 

‘An abdication of leadership; the act of someone trying dodge a People’s Vote and run down the clock.’ 

Labour want to oust Mrs May, force a general election, seize power and take control of the Brexit talks.

They insist that a Labour government would do a better job in the talks than the PM.

But Labour are deeply divided on Brexit – with many Remainer MPs clamouring for a second referendum while voters in the Labour heartlands overwhelmingly backed Brexit.

Mr Corbyn is under huge pressure from his backbenchers to back a second referendum, dubbed a ‘People’s Vote’.

But he has  tried to dodge these demands by saying that he will push for another election but after that all options are on the table.

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