Theresa May has been facing increasing pressure to resign over her decision to agree to a new extension of the Brexit deadline until October. Former Tory adviser Lord Monckton begged the Prime Minister to resign her position to allow the next leader to negotiate a new deal with the European Union without the inclusion of a backstop. Speaking to RT UK, the peer said: “It is really very clear that any deal which severs part of the United Kingdom, which is Northern Ireland, from the rest of the UK for the sake of keeping the EU happy will no pass the House of Commons.

“The Conservative and Unionist Party, as it used to be called, and the Unionists in Ulster are at one on this and the Conservatives are not prepared to say bye-bye to Northern Ireland. Nor are they prepared to stay in the European Union.

“This does give both the European Union and the British Government a problem but it’s a problem that it is their duty to sort out.

“If Theresa May can’t sort it out then we’ll say to her what was said to Neville Chamberlain before the Second World War, ‘in the name of God, go.’

“And let somebody else in who can do the job properly.”

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Theresa May is hoping to agree on a deal with Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. She is also believed to be prepared to hold a new series of indicative votes to find a Brexit option commanding a majority in Parliament.

These would not be legally binding but would show what MPs want out of leaving the European Union.

Last week Mrs May was believed to be considering giving into Labour demands for a new customs union with the EU but a report showed Britons would be £800 worse off in the event of such a deal.

Economists predict that leaving with the kind of deal backed by the Labour Party would deliver an annual £80 billion hit to the UK’s national income.

The analysis, which was commissioned by the People’s Vote campaign, highlights how such a deal would affect the spending decisions facing an incoming Labour or Conservative government first in 2022, and then in 2027.

The Prime Minister had been facing increasing calls to resign from both grassroots Conservatives and her own MPs. Sir Graham Brady, chairman of the 1922 Committee of Tory backbenches, this week told Mrs May she will have to set a departure date whether she succeeds in having the Commons pass her divorce deal or not.

Sir Graham said Mrs May was planning to bring legislation implementing the EU departure agreement before the Europe-wide poll on May 23.

If she is to prevent MEPs from having to take their seats at the European Parliament on July 2, the bill needs to start its progress through Parliament this month, Downing Street sources told the Times.

Grassroots Tories will hold a no-confidence vote in Mrs May on June 15, even though she survived a previous vote in December and is immune from being ousted for a year.

In a message to members of the convention, reported by the Conservative Home website, chairman Andrew Sharpe said they would be asked to vote on a motion.

He said: “We no longer feel that Mrs May is the right person to continue as Prime Minister to lead us forward in the negotiations.”

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