Theresa May is set to meet with the Labour Party leader for further Brexit talks after she reached out to Jeremy Corbyn to try to get a deal through the House of Commons. The move from the Prime Minister frustrated many Conservative MPs with some members of the Tory party’s eurosceptic European Research Group calling for Mrs May to step down. Speaking on ITV’s Peston on Wednesday evening, Brexit supporter and Conservative MP Nadine Dorries shocked Alastair Campbell by pointing out that voting for Britain to remain in the customs union would be worse than leaving the bloc.

She said: “She invited Jeremy Corbyn to Number 10 weeks ago. That’s when he walked out when he saw Chuka Umunna.

“I think Parliament and Parliamentarians are letting the public down.

“They voted in a referendum, they voted for Brexit. Parliamentarians are not getting behind the deal, they are not doing what they are supposed to.

“Everybody is holding on to their own political ideology and not putting the country first. That is the problem.”

I would not vote for a customs union because we may as well stay in

Nadine Dorries

She added: “If Jeremy Corbyn and Theresa May between them can come up with something that is acceptable, which is Brexit, which lets us free to go onto the next stage.”

ITV’s Peston interrupted the Tory MP asking whether she would accept the UK remaining in the customs union.

Ms Dorries replied: “I would not vote for a customs union because we may as well stay in.”

Mr Campbell threw his hands into the air before he smirked shaking his head while sitting on the panel.

The Tory MP added that should would support a customs arrangement.

In the Commons on Wednesday evening, legislation fronted by Labour’s Yvette Cooper requiring Mrs May to seek a delay to Brexit rather than risk the UK crashing out on April 12 was passed by 313 votes to 312.

Further discussions between Mrs May’s team and Mr Corbyn’s team will continue on Thursday.

Mr Corbyn said he raised the issue of a public vote with Mrs May, but only outlining Labour’s policy, rather than setting any red lines on a potential deal.

“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.

Labour chairman Ian Lavery reportedly warned shadow cabinet colleagues on Wednesday that backing a referendum could split the party.

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