Anti-Brexit MPs plot to PARALYSE Parliament in bid to FORCE second EU referendum

ANTI-BREXIT MPs could seek to paralyse Parliament, stopping the Government from passing new laws or even raising certain taxes in a bid force a second referendum on the UK’s EU membership, a new report suggests.

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The plan was outlined by Europhile campaign group Best for Britain. It includes a forward from Dominic Grieve MP, a prominent Tory backer of a second public vote. The UK will formally exit the European Union on March 29 next year unless fresh legislation is passed.

The Best for Britain report urged MPs to reject both Theresa May’s Brexit deal when it comes before Parliament next month, and any potential no-deal EU exit.

To stop any no-deal Brexit, Parliament could block the collection of certain tax revenues by amending an upcoming Finance Bill, potentially bringing key areas of Government to a standstill.

The report states: “The clearest opportunity for replacing no deal as the default option is through political pressure via the Finance Bill.

“The key point is that income tax and corporation tax are annual taxes, authorisation of which runs out at the end of the tax year.”

MPs could use the Finance Bill to stop the collection of income and corporation tax, which together represent a third of all tax revenue.

They could also prevent the Government putting any new legislation before Parliament, including proposed laws which are crucial for the Brexit process, unless it agrees to call a second referendum.

House of Commons speaker John Bercow, who has a tense relationship with certain key Government figures, would have to decide whether the potential Finance Bill amendments would be voted on.

In his forward Mr Grieve, the former Attorney General, describes the notions that Mrs May’s EU exit deal can be reopened or that “the UK would enjoy any form of benefit from Brexit” as “irrational fantasies”.

Instead, he urges Parliament to give the public a “final say” via another referendum.

Mrs May has vowed to hold a Parliamentary vote on her Brexit deal by January 21.

A vote was due to take place earlier this month, but was pulled with the Prime Minister admitting the Government was going to loose.

The DUP, who provide Mrs May’s Parliamentary majority, and dozens of Tory backbenchers have vowed to join opposition parties in voting the deal down.

The Prime Minister is seeking additional assurances from Brussels, particularly on whether the UK can withdraw unilaterally from a customs union backstop, in a bid to get the deal past MPs.