Tory MPs rounded on Theresa May during prime minister’s questions on Wednesday, accusing her of helping “Marxist” Jeremy Corbyn get elected.
May is due to hold talks with the Labour leader late today in an effort to break the deadlock in parliament over Brexit.
But the move has triggered a furious backlash from her own MPs, who fear it will lead to a much softer EU exit than they want.
Speaking during PMQs, former Brexit minister David Jones asked: “Does it remain the position of the prime minister that the leader of the opposition is not fit to govern?”
Sleaford and North Hykeham MP Caroline Johnson warned May she could be “ushering in a Marxist anti-Semite led government”.
While New Forest MP Julian Lewis asked why May, who had “repeatedly told us no-deal is better than a bad deal”, was now offering to work with Corbyn given “most Conservative MPs want us to leave the EU with a clean break in nine days’ time”.
Brexiteer Lee Rowley pointed out that last week May had said “the biggest threat to our standing in the world, to our defence, and to our economy”.
He asked the PM: “In her judgment what now qualifies him for involvement in Brexit?”
Defending her decision, May said “every member” of this Commons was involved in Brexit.
“The public want us to work across this House to find a solution that delivers on Brexit, delivers on the referendum, and gives people their faith the politicians have done what they asked and actually delivered for them,” she said.
Corbyn said he welcomed May’s “willingness to compromise to resolve the Brexit deadlock”, but otherwise avoided the issue during their weekly Commons clash.
It came as the BBC reported some Tory MPs were circulating a motion that would see May and other cabinet ministers censured and potentially have their pay docked for their decision to change direction on Brexit.
Earlier today Nigel Adams quit as a minister in the Wales Office for pursuing a new Brexit plan “cooked up with a Marxist”.