By Simon Walters for the Daily Mail
Published: 22:00 GMT, 15 March 2019 | Updated: 22:25 GMT, 15 March 2019
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Theresa May (pictured above) could get her Brexit deal through according to the results of a new poll
Theresa May’s hopes of getting her Brexit deal through at the third attempt next week received a boost last night when Conservative voters piled pressure on rebel MPs to rescue her.
They want hard-line Brexiteer and Remainer Tories threatening to defeat the Prime Minister to toe the line and prefer her deal to all the possible alternatives, including leaving with No Deal, a ‘softer’ Brexit, a second referendum and a two-year delay in leaving.
And Mrs May can kiss goodbye to calling a snap election to get her plan approved: the mass revolts by ministers in shambolic scenes in the Commons in recent days have put Labour ahead in the polls.
These are the main findings of a Survation poll for the Daily Mail. Asked if MPs should back Mrs May in next week’s vote on her EU Withdrawal Agreement, 57 per cent of Tory voters say they should, with 26 against, a margin of more than two to one in her favour.
There are similar majorities among Conservative supporters in favour of Mrs May’s deal to most of the alternatives such as a ‘Customs Union Brexit’, a People’s Vote-style second referendum and putting Brexit back to 2021.
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A total of 41 per cent of Tories back her deal with 40 per cent preferring leaving with No
