Number 10 makes frantic last-minute appeal to Jacob Rees-Mogg as they pin their hopes on arch-Brexiteer to help them persuade Tory rebels to vote for her deal Senior Government source said Downing Street pinning all hopes on Rees-Mogg The ERG chairman is seen as crucial to getting Boris Johnson to back the deal Rees-Mogg said despite misgivings over May's deal, it's better than no Brexit
By Brendan Carlin Political Correspondent For The Mail On Sunday
Published: 23:45 GMT, 23 March 2019 | Updated: 23:45 GMT, 23 March 2019
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Jacob Rees-Mogg (pictured) is seen as the best chance of getting Boris Johnson to support Brexit deal
Jacob Rees- Mogg was last night billed as Theresa May’s ‘last chance’ of salvaging her Brexit deal.
A senior Government source confessed that Downing Street was pinning all its hopes on the arch Brexiteer to persuade Tory rebels to back the Prime Minister’s deal in a third Commons vote this week.
The source said: ‘Number 10 are now banking it all on Jacob. If he can persuade colleagues to back the deal, we may still – just – get over the
