New soft Brexit plot unveiled in bid to end deadlock (and, yes, it involves more voting)

A FRESH plot is underway to force through a soft Brexit to end the Commons deadlock, it was revealed today.

Veteran MPs Frank Field and Ken Clarke are teaming up to force another vote on a customs union in weeks – in a hope they can push through a soft exit.

A customs union has already been rejected by MPs in the Commons last month, where it lost by eight votes.

But Independent MP Mr Field told the Evening Standard that bringing it back again could get both party leaders “off the hook” and they won’t have to sign a formal Brexit deal.

“I think if it comes from the backbenches, neither of the party leaders can be accused of dividing their parties,” he said.

“I would be confident of getting it through.”

Both parties have been in talks for days and have said they are “hopeful” of the outcome, but they appear to have stalled.

Mrs May opened formal chats with the Opposition but they want her to sign up to a full-on customs union which would make us unable to do trade deals around the world.

And for Labour to do a Brexit deal they would have to secure enough concessions for them to be able to sell it to their own anti-Brexit members.

Her own Tories are furious at her for considering watering down Brexit and sealing a deal with Labour.

EU bosses are pushing both sides to come to a deal, or revoke Article 50 before the October deadline is done.

Jean Claude Juncker said today Britain can’t have a THIRD extension if it can’t make its mind up in the next six months.

Meanwhile, Nigel Farage said this morning that his new Brexit party would “sweep the board” in the EU elections.

And if the pair did a deal they would WIN the overall poll “because the betrayal will be so complete and utter.”

The Tories are expecting a battering at the polls next month for the ongoing Brexit mess – and for not delivering it on time either.