Theresa May has been in talks this week with Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn in an attempt to break the Brexit deadlock and agree on a plan in which they can both agree on. Mrs May then requested for the EU to delay Brexit until June 30, which the EU has previously rejected. The decision by the Prime Minister to work with Labour infuriated radio caller Andy in Sussex, who fears it could result in Mrs May having to revoke Article 50.

I don’t know if she is some kind of secret agent for the Labour Party

Mike Graham

The talkRADIO caller told radio host Mike Graham that Yvette Cooper’s Bill to delay Brexit and block a no deal was “the revolver that has already killed Brexit with a silencer”.

Andy said it is now in Jeremy Corbyn’s interests for his talks with the Prime Minister to fail because if no deal is reached then the Prime Minister would have “no choice but to revoke Article 50”.

In response, the radio host said: “Yeah, so we are being backed into a corner effectively, or into a cul-de-sac from which there is no escape.”

The caller replied: “Apparently, what might come out of this talks between Corbyn and May, or one of Corbyn’s prices might be that they do this triple lock where they tie the hands of any future Brexiteer Tory Prime Minister so he or she can’t rip the document up.

“So, basically, they have tied the hands. I just can’t believe she is doing it.

“If ever there was a time for the Tory Party to wake up, it’s to wake up right now and send the men in grey suits in because there will not be a Conservative Party left very shortly.”

In response, the talkRADIO host said: “You are absolutely and utterly right that she is destroying the Conservative Party from within.

“I don’t know if she is some kind of secret agent for the Labour Party but you are absolutely right to say as well that the Labour Party will try and put some kind of triple lock on Theresa May’s successor because the one thing they don’t want to do is to leave the job and then bring somebody else in who will be worst than her as far as they are concerned on the pro-Brexit scenario.

“It is absolutely unbelievable, isn’t it?”

European Council President Donald Tusk this week proposed a counter-proposal to Mrs May’s request to extend the Article 50 process.

Mr Tusk has said Britain could have a 12-month “flexible” extension to its Brexit date, according to a senior EU source.

His plan, which would need to be agreed by EU leaders at a summit next week, would allow the UK to leave sooner if Parliament ratifies a deal.

The Prime Minister wrote to the European Council President today to request a further delay to Brexit until 30 June.

She also said the UK was preparing to stand in the European Parliament elections, should there be an extension past May 22. 

Mrs May said: “The Government will want to agree a timetable for ratification that allows the United Kingdom to withdraw from the European Union before 23 May 2019 and therefore cancel the European Parliament elections, but will continue to make responsible preparations to hold the elections should this not prove possible.”

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