Tory whips have threatened to cancel Christmas for MPs if they vote down Theresa May's under-fire Brexit deal.
The enforcers of party discipline have been piling pressure on mutinous Tories by warning they could have to stay in Parliament for the festive season.
But the PM looks set for a humiliating defeat when her deal is voted on in two weeks' time as the number of Tory rebels who have vowed to vote it down has reached 100.
Mrs May's whips have been scrambling to try to peel off as many of her critics on the backbenches as possible.
While the PM has been travelling the breadth of the UK to try to appeal to the public over the heads of her warring MPs.
But amid signs she is failing to convince MPs, whips are trying to turn the screw by warning that if the deal is voted down on December 11 then Parliament could be recalled.
One MP told the i newspaper: 'There has been talk of Parliament being recalled before the New Year.
'The message is vote for the deal or you might not see your families for much of the holidays.'
Tory whips have threatened to cancel Christmas for MPs if they vote down Theresa May's under-fire Brexit deal (pictured, Parliament and its Christmas tree)
Tory MPs (pictured in the Commons for PMQs on Wednesday) threaten to torpedo Theresa May's Brexit deal when it comes to Parliament in two weeks time
Another backbencher told the newspaper: 'People are being told they would be letting down the voters and jeopardising Theresa May's future. It amounts to emotional blackmail.'
Mrs May is facing a barrage of criticism from all sides after she unveiled her deal, with Brexiteers and Remainers both branding it a betrayal of the referendum vote.
While the DUP - whose 10 MPs are propping the Tories up in Downing Street - have also vowed to vote it down.
Stripped of her working majority and facing a wall of opposition from Labour, the SNP and Lib Dems, her deal is expected to be defeated when it is voted on on December 11.
And opposition o her backbenches is mounting despite Number Ten deploying Cabinet Eurosceptic Liam Fox to dfeend the deal.
The International Trade Secretary today urged Conservatives to do their 'duty' and back the plan - insisting the premier's gruelling PR drive is 'changing the public mood'.
The Tories who have declared against include some 30 former ministers, and Remainers are also preparing to help vote the package down.
Jo Johnson who resigned from the cabinet over his objection to the deal with Brussels, said the Tories could face a 'landslide' loss at the next election if the deal was to go through.
Meanwhile, Mrs May has flown to Argentina to the G20 summit to convince world leaders her deal can work.
Last night, Tories and Labour MPs got together to table an amendment to get rid of Mrs May's deal, stop a no-deal Brexit and give MPs a choice in what follows.
Iain Duncan Smith said to The Telegraph: 'When this many people tell you that you're going down the wrong road, which will be damaging to the UK, it doesn't matter who you are. You must stop, you must listen, and not just lecture.
'This whole plan to go round the country to try and put pressure on MPs isn't working.
'I do not want a conservative prime minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to face a defeat which could have been avoided. The consequences of that defeat could also be personally damaging for her, which I do not want.
'It is time to think again.'
Going down: Theresa May seeks to build support for her Brexit deal ahead of next month's vote in the Commons. Pictured: The PM arriving at the G20 summit in Argentina this morning
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Main photo article Tory whips have threatened to cancel Christmas for MPs if they vote down Theresa May‘s under-fire Brexit deal.
The enforcers of party discipline have been piling pressure on mutinous Tories by warning they could have to stay in Parliament for the festive season.
But the PM looks set for a...
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