Brexit chaos: UK is heading for 'disaster' warns MP Mike Wood
Brexit was today left hanging in the balance – as one West Midlands MP warned the UK is heading for “disaster”.
The withdrawal agreement part of the Prime Minister’s deal was defeated by a majority of 58, prompting West Midlands Tory MPs to warn that a lengthy extension of Article 50 was now “inevitable”.
Conservative MP Mike Wood has hit out at Tory colleagues who had played "party politics" over Brexit, while Labour MPs said the result should lead to a second referendum.
Mrs May has vowed to fight on, saying: "This Government will continue to press the case for the orderly Brexit that the result of the referendum demands."
Her chances of victory were destroyed by 28 Conservative Brexiteers and the DUP, who continued to vote against the deal agreed with the EU.
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Dudley South MP Mr Wood, who has always voted for the PM's deal, said: "Once again the Commons voted against a proposal for Brexit, but it still can't rally behind one.
"There are people who say they want to leave the EU but continue to vote against it. I would expect Labour to play party politics but not MPs from my own party.
"Time is running out and I can't see anything but a lengthy extension of Article 50 now, which would be a disaster."
Walsall North Conservative MP Eddie Hughes voted for the deal for the first time, saying it felt like "a last chance" to get any sort of Brexit through the Commons.
"Things could now go south very quickly," he said.
"No deal is off the table and Remain-backing MPs want a second referendum. We are heading for an extension of up to two years.
"That would mean by the end of the period it would be five years since the EU referendum, and people would say the vote no longer held any legitimacy."
Labour's Wolverhampton South East MP Pat McFadden said it was time for Parliament to give the public a vote on the PM's deal, to "give them the right to change their mind".
MPs are set to debate alternative Brexit options on Monday.
