Remainer ministers who defied Theresa May and helped stop a No Deal Brexit used the code word 'tally-ho!' before the Prime Minister lost in the Commons last night, it was revealed today.
Brexiteers are furious the 'gang of four' rebel cabinet members Scottish Secretary David Mundell, Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd, Justice Secretary David Gauke and Business Secretary Greg Clark have not been sacked after they refused to support Mrs May. Claire Perry, who attends Cabinet, also abstained on the motion.
Last night Mrs May was humiliated as her own motion to keep No Deal on the table was amended by Remainers to demand No Deal is killed off.
A Tory rebellion led by 17 members of the Government who defied a three-line whip then helped Labour inflict a Government defeat by 321 votes to 278. Tonight the PM will now offer a free vote on delaying Brexit beyond March 29
Tories apparently used the code word 'tally-ho' in a Remainer WhatsApp group minutes before they defied Mrs May's instruction to sink an amendment that ruled out No Deal 'under any circumstances'.
And one unnamed MP claimed that in the 'total carnage' of last night's vote that MPs who didn't want to obey the whip were told they could go to one of Westminster's pubs instead.
But last night the ministers who defied Mrs May were unabashed by calls for them to be sacked having apparently been reassured by No 10 that their jobs are safe.
David Mundell said: 'I'm not resigning, because I support the Prime Minister. But I am just very clear that I don't support a no-deal Brexit' while Greg Clark also refused to go but said he took a 'final chance' to take No Deal off the table.
Only Welfare minister Sarah Newton has quit after voting against as the PM lost control of her party.
Amber Rudd (left) and David Gauke (right) were among the Cabinet ministers who abstained on the No Deal motion, ignoring a three-line Conservative whip
Business Secretary Greg Clark (left) and Scotland Secretary David Mundell (right) also abstained on the No Deal motion which passed last night
Then, on a procedural second vote MPs voted 321 to 278 to confirm their original plan - defying a Government three line whip to block the rebel proposal at the second attempt
The Tory Remainer rebellion led to a Government defeat by 321 votes to 278. However, with the Prime Minister's authority in tatters, Downing Street indicated none of the rebels was likely to be sacked.
Sarah Newton quit her Department of Work and Pensions job to defy a three-line whip and vote against no-deal Brexit
Theresa May last night gave MPs a week to pass her Brexit deal – or stay in the EU for years - and is expected to put her deal to the Commons for a third time but Brexiteers Tories upset about the failure to sack ministers means they will never vote for her deal.
Mrs May's ebbing authority was exposed last night as 15 ministers and aides were allowed to keep their jobs despite failing to vote with the Government.
Cabinet ministers Greg Clark, David Gauke, David Mundell, Claire Perry and Amber Rudd all defied a three-line whip and abstained on a motion that took No Deal off the table.
They were joined by seven junior ministers and three Parliamentary Private Secretaries. Usually ministers who fail to vote with the Government on a three-line whip – the strongest possible demand for them to do so – would be forced to quit.
In a sign of the chaos at the top of Government, the rebel ministers revealed that some had been told they could abstain and keep their jobs, while others believed they would be sacked for doing so.
A source close to one Cabinet minister said: 'A significant number of ministers made it clear that they couldn't vote against [the motion] in these circumstances and it was understood that they would not have to.'
Possible Tory leadership candidates Jeremy Hunt (left) and Sajid Javid (right) both voted for the so-called Malthouse Compromise, a plan backed by hardline Brexiteers
But another of the Cabinet ministers said they thought they were going to be sacked for abstaining.
Sarah Newton, a welfare minister, and Paul Masterton, an aide to the Home Secretary, voted for the motion and both resigned from their jobs.
Tory MPs had been ordered to vote against the motion after it had been successfully amended to rule out No Deal Brexit in all circumstances.
But Cabinet ministers Business Secretary Mr Clark, Justice Secretary Mr Gauke, Scottish Secretary Mr Mundell, Energy Minister Mrs Perry and Work and Pensions Secretary Miss Rudd ignored the demand and abstained.
They were joined by Solicitor General Robert Buckland, foreign minister Sir Alistair Burt, defence minister Tobias Ellwood, health minister Stephen Hammond, business minister Richard Harrington, skills minister Anne Milton, and digital minister Margot James. Ministerial aides Simon Hoare, Victoria Prentis and Bim Afolami also abstained.
Hardline Eurosceptics vented their fury that Mrs May had failed to sack those who had not voted with the Government. Jacob Rees-Mogg said: 'Collective responsibility requires ministers to support government policy or to resign. It is a basic constitutional point.'
Mark Francois, deputy chairman of the European Research Group, said the Government was now 'barely in office'.
Mr Francois told Sky News: 'Collective responsibility has disintegrated – you might as well tell the whips' office to pack up and go home.
'A number of very pro-Remain ministers realised how close it was, they had done the maths, and so they made themselves scarce, even though there was a strong three-line whip to vote against it. Normally ministers who did that would have to resign.'
Tory former minister James Duddridge tweeted: 'How on earth can the Government ask backbenchers to support a three-line whip if Government ministers refuse to do so?'
Former Tory leadership contender Andrea Leadsom (left) and Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson (right) also backed the Malthouse compromise
Fellow Tory MP Conor Burns replied: 'Quite right James.'
Former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith said: 'I have never in 27 years as an MP seen anything like what is happening in Government.
'How can the Government continue if collective responsibility has broken down and when whipped ministers deliberately abstain?'
Mr Mundell said: 'I've always opposed a No Deal Brexit. The PM has my full support in her objective of leaving the EU with a deal to deliver an orderly Brexit.'
Health minister Mr Hammond said he refused to vote against the motion because he believed it would be a 'disaster'.
Mr Masterton tweeted: 'Tonight I took the difficult decision to vote against the Government on the final vote. I promised my constituents I would oppose No Deal.
'But it cannot be wished away – the reality is we need to agree a deal and I continue to support the Prime Minister in seeking a way through.'
A Downing Street source last night said 'voting against the Government is a resigning matter', but refused to comment on those who abstained.
A host of senior Tory MPs are in the running to replace Theresa May before the next general election, including Boris Johnson, Michael Gove, Dominic Raab and Sajid Javid
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Main photo article Remainer ministers who defied Theresa May and helped stop a No Deal Brexit used the code word ‘tally-ho!’ before the Prime Minister lost in the Commons last night, it was revealed today.
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