The Conservative Party has been engaged in Brexit talks with the Labour Party after the Prime Minister reached out to Jeremy Corbyn last week to help try to deliver Britain’s exit from the EU. Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, Education minister, Nadhim Zahawi, warned a further Brexit delay which sees the UK fighting the EU elections in May would be a "suicide note" for the Tory Party. Mr Zahawi added the talks with the Labour Party are "ongoing and we hope that they deliver an outcome that allows Labour to support the withdrawal agreement".
But the Tory frontbencher added that if Labour could not sign up to a joint approach with the Government, MPs should be forced to find a compromise through a preferential voting system in order to resolve the deadlock.
He said: “If we can't get Labour to agree I think it's important that Parliament acts quickly now to decide what it is in favour of - whether it is through some voting mechanism where we have a single transferable vote and we vote on all the different deals.
"We need to do that quickly because I think going into the EU elections for the Conservative Party, or indeed for the Labour Party, and telling our constituents why we haven't been able to deliver Brexit I think would be an existential threat.
"I would go further and say it would be the suicide note of the Conservative Party."
Brexit news: Nadhim Zahawi warned entering EU elections would be a 'suicide note' for the Tories (Image: GETTY•ITV)
I would go further and say it would be the suicide note of the Conservative Party
Education minister, Nadhim Zahawi
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