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Lord Heseltine ‘ripped apart’ by Bow Group Senior Patron Lord Tebbit for Brexit rebellion

Feb 27, 2017 | Archive, News Articles

‘Kick him out’ Heseltine RIPPED APART by Lord Tebbit for leading Brexit rebellion

LORD Heseltine should be “kicked out” of the Conservative Party and “if he doesn’t resign he should be sacked,” according to one of his former Cabinet colleagues.

Lord Tebbit, 85, accused him of “not bothering to turn up to the Lords” and trying to “wreck the Brexit Bill,” for a “party he clearly loathes”.

Heseltine has vowed to defy orders by Conservative whips to not vote for a change to the legislation which would give Parliament a veto over the outcome of Mrs May’s Brussels negotiations.

 

“I, and I think many of my colleagues, think that it is time he was kicked out of the party he clearly loathes.”

Senior Ministers responded angrily to the move, branding Lord Heseltine and his supporters “bad losers who are trying to wreck Brexit”.

 

Andrew Bridgen, the MP for North West Leicestershire, said: “It is difficult to see how he can stay on as an advisor to a Secretary of State when he is leading a rebellion against government policy.”

Tory MP Michael Fabricant reacted angrily to the apparent ‘disloyalty’, and pushed Communities Secretary Sajid Javid to remove Lord Hesletine.

 

He said: “Michael Heseltine is a serial killer of Eurosceptic legislation so no-one should be surprised by his latest disloyalty. Sajid needs to think long and hard about this.”

The former Tory deputy prime minister said Labour, Liberal Democrat and rebellious Tory colleagues will back an amendment on a final vote in order to uphold the Supreme Court’s ruling that MPs and peers have ultimate authority.

 

Phillip Davies MP added: “If Lord Heseltine is going to rebel and encourage others to do so, then his role in the Department for Communities and Local Government becomes untenable and if he doesn’t resign he must be sacked.”

If the Bill is amended, a period of parliamentary “ping pong” may follow, with MPs asked to vote on changes made in the Lords.

 

 

Read the origianl at: http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/772467/Brexit-EU-Theresa-May-Lord-Heseltine-House-of-Lords-Veto-Lord-Tebbit-Sajid-Javid