Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell are 'staunch Brexiteers', according to Labour MP Kate Hoey, who called on the party to back Brexit a day after Emily Thornberry said Labour was likely to block Theresa May's deal with Brussels.
Vauxhall MP Ms Hoey, who is one of of Labour's most prominent Leave supporters, said the party leader and shadow chancellor were the party's 'best hope' of delivering Brexit.
The former sports minister has come under fire in her party for sharing campaign platforms with Nigel Farage and backing the Government in Brexit votes in the House of Commons.
Mr Corbyn and Mr McDonnell 'understand from a different perspective why leaving the EU is important', Ms Hoey said in an interview with the Daily Telegraph.
It puts her on a collision course with shadow foreign secretary Ms Thornberry who said Labour was likely to block any Brexit deal, which could force a general election.
Labour MP Kate Hoey, pictured on a fishing boat on the Thames at a pro-Brexit event, has described Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell as the party's 'best hope' on Brexit
Asked whether the two leading shadow cabinet members were 'staunch Brexiteers', Ms Hoey said: 'Well they are, of course. I'm delighted'.
She said: 'Having Jeremy there is very important because I think both he and John McDonnell, who were at every single lobby with me and others over the period of the last 25 years on EU matters, understand from a different perspective why leaving is important.'
Ms Hoey has backed the government in Commons votes, for example in June when she was one of five Labour rebels to oppose a 'meaningful vote' amendment to the EU withdrawal bill.
She also appeared on a fishing boat with Nigel Farage during the 2016 referendum campaign.
Yesterday Emily Thornberry said she could not see the Prime Minister coming back with an agreement which would meet the six tests set by the party for supporting any deal.
She said they would not vote for a 'flimsy bit of paper' simply because the Government said the alternative was no-deal.
'They are not capable of governing... we're either going to have a general election in the autumn or we're going to have it in the spring,' she said.
Jeremy Corbyn (left) and shadow chancellor John McDonnell (right) 'understand from a different perspective why leaving the EU is important', Ms Hoey said in an interview
Ms Hoey said many pro-Remain MPs thought the Brexit vote was 'all about racism' but Leave voters felt politicians were not interested in 'anything north of Luton'.
In July she lost a vote of no confidence in her constituency party as local activists condemned her for helping to prop up Theresa May.
In the interview she described Mr Farage as a 'very good orator', saying she did not always agree with him but had no objection to his involvement in the Brexit campaign.
She has been the Vauxhall MP since 1989 and increased her majority to more than 20,000 at last year's general election.
Ms Hoey, who favours a 'Canada-plus-plus-plus' trade arrangement, said being a Brexit supporter in a London constituency was 'pretty difficult'.
Yesterday Emily Thornberry said she could not see Theresa May (right) coming back with an agreement which would meet the six tests set by the party for supporting any deal
'Remember a third of Londoners voted Leave and they get ignored', she said.
The 72-year-old said she would decide on her political future next year when boundary changes for her constituency were confirmed.
On September 22 she is set to appear at a rally organised by pro-Brexit campaign group Leave Means Leave.
Former Brexit secretary David Davis and ex-UKIP leader Nigel Farage are expected to be among the speakers.
Meanwhile Philip Hammond had a Cabinet row with the PM after suggesting Brexit could have to be delayed to prepare for a no-deal scenario, it has emerged.
The Chancellor said in a Cabinet meeting on Thursday that the departure date could be postponed past March 29 but was 'slapped down' by Mrs May, the Sun reported.
'It's about chucking Chequers - not the Prime Minister': Boris Johnson tells MPs they should focus on getting rid of Brexit plan rather than Theresa May
Boris Johnson has urged MPs to focus on 'chucking Chequers' rather than Theresa May, days after Brexiteers met to war-game ways to oust the Prime Minister.
Fevered speculation continues to mount over the former foreign secretary's leadership ambitions and Tory peer Lord Heseltine has predicted Mr Johnson will take the top job.
But Guto Harri, a key former adviser to Mr Johnson, said his former boss was 'digging his political grave' and would be a 'hugely divisive figure' if he succeeded Mrs May.
He said the ex-London mayor was 'dragging us into a place where we think that we can joke about suicide vests and that we can be sexually incontinent'.
Around 50 Tory MPs spent nearly an hour plotting ways to replace Mrs May on Tuesday evening amid continued anger over the Chequers plan for Brexit.
Boris Johnson (pictured) has urged MPs to focus on 'chucking Chequers' rather than Theresa May, days after Brexiteers met to war-game ways to oust the Prime Minister
Asked if he had a message for them, Mr Johnson told The Daily Telegraph: 'It's not about the leadership. It's about the policy.
'It's not about changing prime minister. It's about chucking Chequers.'
Mr Johnson faced a Tory backlash over his claim that Mrs May's Brexit strategy had put the UK in a 'suicide vest' and handed the detonator to Brussels.
Lord Heseltine said the slew of recent negative headlines that have dogged Mr Johnson have not done him irreparable harm.
The former deputy prime minister, who has been an outspoken critic of Mr Johnson, told BBC Radio 4's The Week In Westminster: 'Has he done himself any irreparable harm? Well I don't think he has.
'What you have to say to yourself is who the Tory Party membership of the House of Commons is going to choose to send to the activists of the Conservative Party in any leadership campaign.
'Whilst there is strong opposition to Boris, I find it difficult to think of two names that they will send that don't include him.
'And, if he gets before the activists, my guess is that he will get the nomination.
'All that is one thing. But if you then ask a second question. Does that unify the party? Does that solve Brexit? Does it get Britain back into the centre ground.
'Those are the key questions about achieving power and my doubts and reservations are very substantial.'
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