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Ken Clarke Blasts ‘Idiotic’ Calls For Tory Brexit Rebels To Be Deselected<\/b><\/p>\n

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.@NadineDorries<\/a> says the “real heroes” are the Conservative MPs, who campaigned for Remain but stood on a manifesto to deliver Brexit. “Some of the rebels could perhaps learn a lesson from their Remain colleagues, who know the right thing to do is to deliver Brexit.” #bbcsp<\/a>pic.twitter.com\/Y7ibPNmiF9<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 BBC Daily Politics and Sunday Politics (@daily_politics) December 17, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

The furious Conservative infighting over Brexit continued on Sunday as one backbencher repeated her calls<\/a> for Tory MPs who voted against the government last week to be deselected.<\/p>\n

Nadine Dorries said her colleagues who voted to give parliament a \u201cmeaningful vote\u201d on the eventual Brexit deal had \u201cput a spring in the step of Labour MPs\u201d and had broken their promise to voters.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey stood on a manifesto in 2015 to deliver that referendum then they stood again on manifesto in 2017 to implement Brexit,\u201d she told the BBC\u2019s Sunday Politics programme.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo go back on those promises that they were elected to honour is something for their associations to discuss and something for them to consider.\u201d<\/p>\n

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“It is totally absurd to say that this is helping Jeremy Corbyn and weakening Theresa May” – Ken Clarke on Wednesday’s Brexit vote #bbcsp<\/a>pic.twitter.com\/Qa9iSoOx6W<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 BBC Daily Politics and Sunday Politics (@daily_politics) December 17, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

Appearing on the same programme,\u00a0veteran pro-EU Conservative MP Ken Clarke said it was \u201ctotally absurd\u201d to say his vote had helped Jeremy Corbyn.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat has been voted for is parliamentary accountability of the government. It\u2019s nothing to do with blocking Brexit. It\u2019s utterly idiotic if a few of our association members in various parts of the country start of some sort of purge of backbench members,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cEurosceptics have been voting against the government for the last 30 years and no one on my side of the argument has ever gone around saying they should be expelled from the party and sent to outer darkness.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

The spat came after Theresa May condemned threats of violence against politicians after a series of incidents in which MPs received death threats and abuse.<\/p>\n

The prime minister said there was \u201cno place in our politics\u201d for intimidation and called for \u201ctolerance, decency and respect\u201d.<\/p>\n

Her comments came after Tory Brexit rebels were subjected to vicious abuse, with backbencher Anna Soubry revealing she had received messages suggesting she should be \u201chung in public\u201d.<\/p>\n

They follow the publication of a report by the Committee on Standards in Public Life which said social media was \u201cthe most significant factor\u201d driving harassment, abuse and intimidation of 2017 General Election candidates.<\/p>\n

May looks set to avoid a humiliating second Commons defeat next week after a compromise deal was reached within Tory ranks over plans to write the Brexit date in law.<\/p>\n

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