Brexit latest: Nigel Evans has hinted he will back May's deal (Image: GETTY )
Nigel Evans MP warned the “delivery of the people’s will is less certain now than ever before” as he threw his weight behind the Prime Minister’s exit deal in the next vote in Parliament. He also laid into “pro-EU civil servants negotiating our exit” as he warned of “a delay on Britain’s EU departure date, or no Brexit at all”. MPs are debating Mrs May's Brexit stance in the wake of the Prime Minister accepting for the first time that the UK may not leave the EU on March 29.
Theresa May bowed to pressure from pro-Europe Cabinet members when she offered Parliament a chance to vote to delay Brexit if her deal is rejected again next month.
Explaining why he is looking to back Mrs May’s amended Withdrawal Agreement he said the “forces against Brexit are strong and calculating”.
With just 27 days ahead of Brexit day, writing for the Daily Mail, he said: “A Commons vote on the extension of Article 50 – delaying Brexit – would be seen as a triumph for Remainers and their campaign to halt Brexit.
“I can imagine how they would crack