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20 Tory MPs, including ministers, are prepared to vote down a Boris Johnson govt to stop no deal

Here’s one minister:

‘We will be out of Govt but that's preferable to a no-deal Brexit

‘He will be out in 10 weeks. It's country before a party that has been hijacked by f*******’
Iain Duncan Smith, Boris Johnson's campaign manager, hits back at Tory MPs threatening to vote down Govt to stop no deal:

‘They are utterly deluded

‘How can they possibly think the risk of an anti-Semitic, Marxist Government is outweighed by risk of our departure from the EU?’
I’m told Philip Hammond, who hasn’t ruled out voting down Johnson govt, has been in talks with SNP about measures to stop no deal

He’s spoken repeatedly to Ian Blackford, including this week over prorogation

Suggestions he hosted Blackford in Commons office earlier this month
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Steven Swinford
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Dominic Cummings tonight told advisers to come up with ideas for a Boris Johnson majority Government

'Imagine what it would be like if in eight weeks we have left the European Union and then we smash Corbyn in a general election'
Dominic Cummings asked special advisers to come up with one-page submissions detailing their department's biggest achievements ahead of potential general election

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Steven Swinford
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Boris Johnson poised to trigger repeal of European Communities Act as he cements his do or die pledge to leave EU on Oct 31

Stephen Barclay to sign 'commencement order' within days enabling EU withdrawal act to come into force

Eurosceptics say it is 'totemic' moment
Steve Baker, leading eurosceptic, on significance of signing order triggering EU withdrawal act on October 31:

'It’s the do or die pledge in black and white. It is not merely symbolic

‘Once it’s signed that’s it, the UK is leaving'
But Dominic Grieve says MPs would be able to reverse the order to stop a no-deal Brexit.

He said: ‘It is Boris showing he is serious about his intention to leave the EU on October 31

'At the end of the day it is a matter for the majority of the house and it can be reversed'
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Boris Johnson is drawing up plans for a bailout fund that will prop up businesses in event of no-deal

He will hold discussions on plans - dubbed Operation Kingfisher - next week in Brexit war cabinet as part of plans to stop otherwise viable companies going bust
Under Operation Kingfisher the Government has drawn up a secret list of companies that are most at risk in the event of a no-deal Brexit - predominantly in manufacturing and construction

Plans originally drawn up by Theresa May's govt but are now being ramped up
Michael Gove referred to Operation Kingfisher publicly for the first time today:

'It will be there... so that fundamentally viable businesses that may have the occasional cash flow or other issue can be supported'
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