Rory Stewart threatens to hold rebel PARLIAMENT and bring down Boris if Tory ...

Rory Stewart threatens to hold a rebel PARLIAMENT and bring down Boris if the Tory front-runner becomes PM and shuts down the Commons to try to force through a No Deal Brexit The former foreign secretary topped the first Tory leadership ballot with 114 MPs He has yet to rule out proroguing Parliament to force through a No Deal Brexit  It would allow him to sidestep MPs who are opposed to leaving without a deal  Mr Stewart called it an 'unconstitutional, improper, really disturbing suggestion'

By David Wilcock, Whitehall Correspondent and Martin Robinson Chief Reporter For Mailonline

Published: 14:47 BST, 13 June 2019 | Updated: 15:41 BST, 13 June 2019

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Tory leadership candidate Rory Stewart sensationally threatened today to set up a rogue Parliament to thwart Boris Johnson if he becomes prime minister and tries to force through a No Deal Brexit.

The centrist Remainer outsider said MPs would oppose Mr Johnson and 'bring him down' if he attempted to side-step attempts to block leaving without a deal.

Mr Stewart made the astonishing remarks to Sky News minutes after former foreign secretary romped away from the rest of the first in the first round of the ballot.

Mr Johnson has so far not ruled out proroguing Parliament - ending the current session - to prevent MPs from trying to block a No Deal Brexit or topple his government if elected Conservative leader.

After surprising Westminster and making it to the second round the International Development Secretary said: 'That is an unconstitutional, improper, really disturbing suggestion - that you try to get something through by locking the doors of Parliament. 

'Answer us. I've been asking Boris for a week. Tell people because we want to know what kind of leader or prime minister you would want to be.

'But he won't be able to. I guarantee if he were to try, I, and every other MP will sit across the road in Methodist Central Hall and we will hold our own session of Parliament and we will bring him down. 

'Because you do not, ever, lock the doors on Parliament in this country, or indeed in any country with any respect in the world.'

The former foreign secretary topped the secret ballot with backing from 114 MPs - ahead of Jeremy Hunt in second with 43

The former foreign secretary topped the secret ballot with backing from 114 MPs - ahead of Jeremy Hunt in second with 43

Mr Johnson took a massive towards Downing Street today as he stormed home in the opening round of the Tory leadership battle.

The former foreign secretary topped the secret ballot with backing from 114 MPs - ahead of Jeremy Hunt in second with 43.

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