Michael Gove dodges questions on Theresa May's imminent departure

The Prime Minister (pictured last night) caved in to Brexiteers including Boris Johnson who demanded a promise to quit and a new leadership election in return for support for her EU divorce. But it may all have been in vain for Mrs May after up to 25 ERG 'Spartans' refused to budge and the 10 DUP MPs also turned their backs on her. Tory rebel Mark Francois (inset) said today: 'I wouldn't vote for it if they put a shotgun in my mouth. I am not voting for the deal on the basis of who is or is not the Prime Minister. I am not voting for the deal because I have read it. Yesterday, in a highly-charged speech, Mrs May told Tory MPs she would quit ‘earlier than intended’ if Parliament backed her withdrawal agreement. There were initial signs that her gamble might pay off when a string of Eurosceptic MPs, led by Boris Johnson and Iain Duncan Smith, said they would now swing behind her. But, in a bombshell announcement shortly before 9pm, the DUP’s leader Arlene Foster (right) said the party would not support the agreement because it posed ‘an unacceptable risk to the integrity of the UK’. If her deal now fails then Parliament is likely to demand she asks the EU for a softer Brexit or draw up a second referendum - and the PM would then be expected to call a general election because it would tear up the Tory manifesto. Original Article: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/artic... Original Video: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news... Daily Mail Facebook:   / dailymail   Daily Mail IG:   / dailymail   Daily Mail Snap:   / 8392137033   Daily Mail Twitter:   / mailonline   Daily Mail Pinterest: http://pinterest.co.uk/dailymail Daily Mail Google+: https://plus.google.com/+DailyMail Get the free Daily Mail mobile app: http://dailymail.co.uk/mobile