Sign up here to receive the daily news briefing in your inbox every morning with exclusive insight from the BrexitCentral team Boris Johnson faces ‘guerilla war’ over approval of his Brexit deal… Boris Johnson will tomorrow launch a renewed attempt to push his Brexit deal through Parliament as a rebel alliance of MPs pledged to fight a “guerilla war” to stop Britain leaving the EU by the end of the month. The Prime Minister will demand that MPs are allowed a straightforward vote on his deal after Oliver Letwin, a former Conservative Cabinet minister, conspired with Labour to destroy an historic weekend sitting of Parliament which had been expected finally to approve Brexit. Amid growing fears that MPs will continue to thwart attempts to approve the deal, Downing Street is drawing up plans to force a general election which could take place as soon as Nov 28. John Bercow, the Speaker, may bar another vote on the deal on Monday. – Telegraph (£) Boris Johnson faces fresh fight to pass his Brexit deal and avoid another ‘Groundhog Week’ – The Sun Boris Johnson to make fresh Brexit push on Monday – FT (£) …and a likely clash with John Bercow over whether MPs can vote today on the deal The Government wants to hold a meaningful vote on the Withdrawal Agreement the Prime Minister struck with Brussels last week. But the Speaker could block the request after MPs on Saturday passed the Letwin amendment, meaning Brexit cannot happen until all of the necessary legislation is passed. Meanwhile, ministers will also introduce the Withdrawal Agreement Bill as it continues its attempts to take the UK out of the EU by 31 October. Whitehall officials said there will be “long hours” in the Commons and potentially weekend sitting for the House of Lords in order to get the legislation passed in time. Mr Johnson met the terms of the Benn Act blocking no deal on Saturday night by sending a letter to the European Union requesting a three-month extension to the Brexit deadline. It included a cover note from Sir Tim Barrow, the UK’s representative in Brussels, explaining the request had been made only to comply with an order from Parliament. – PoliticsHome Labour will table second referendum amendment to the Withdrawal Agreement Bill, says Sir Keir Starmer… Sir Keir Starmer has said Labour will back an “inevitable” second referendum. The Shadow Brexit Secretary said whatever deal gets through it should be subject to a referendum. “We have already voted, I think, three times as a party for a second referendum with a three-line whip behind it,” he said. “The position we have adopted is whatever the outcome, whether it’s Boris Johnson’s bad deal or a better one which could be secured, it has got to go to a referendum up against remain.” Sir Keir, who said the second referendum amendment should be tabled by backbenchers, added that a growing number of people believe the only way to settle Brexit is to ask people “do you want to leave on these terms or would you rather remain”. – Telegraph (£) Labour set to whip MPs to back a Final Say referendum in ‘significant’ step towards public vote – Independent Labour to try and add new referendum to Brexit deal – FT (£) …prompting Downing Street to accuse Labour of trying to stop Brexit… Downing Street has accused Labour of trying to “frustrate and cancel Brexit” after the party announced plans to hijack Boris Johnson’s deal with amendments for a second referendum and customs union with the EU. A cabinet minister told The Times that the amendments, which will be voted on tomorrow, have the potential to “kill” the prime minister’s deal and could leave him with no choice but to accept an extension and make a renewed push for a general election. – The Times (£) …while the DUP threaten to unite with Labour to back a customs union amendment that would bring down Johnson’s deal The DUP has threatened to unite with Labour to back a customs union this week as it warned it will unleash “guerilla warfare” to bring down Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal. In a move that could torpedo the Prime Minister’s strategy for delivering Brexit by Oct 31, senior DUP figures have threatened to back proposals which could prevent the UK from pursuing its own trade policy. Should MPs back an amendment for customs union this week, Mr Johnson could be forced to pull the legislation required to ensure the UK leaves the European Union on time. On Sunday night a senior DUP figure told The Daily Telegraph there were “multiple scenarios with multiple options for us to resist Johnson’s anti-UK deal,” adding: “It will be parliamentary guerilla warfare.” – Telegraph (£) France demands prompt ‘Yes or No’ on the deal from the UK amidst growing calls for Brussels to block another extension… The French government has demanded a prompt “yes or no” from Britain over Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal as European capitals appeared split on Sunday night over an extension and its duration. Amelie de Montchalin, Emmanuel Macron’s European affairs minister, on Sunday urged MPs to deliver a verdict so that European leaders can gather to discuss whether to grant a delay. Speaking after MPs voted on Saturday to delay Brexit for a third time, Ms de Montchalin told reporters that “we should stop believing that it’s in everybody’s interests to put everything on hold for six months”. She added: “We need a yes or no from Britain on the Brexit agreement. Political uncertainty has negative consequences for millions of families and businesses.” – Telegraph (£) …as EU leaders react with frustration to the delay on a Brexit decision… The EU on Sunday pushed ahead with the process of ratifying Boris Johnson’s new Brexit deal as the bloc responded to the UK prime minister’s setback in the House of Commons with a mixture of frustration and resignation. EU ambassadors in Brussels agreed in a brief meeting to trigger procedures necessary to advance the bloc’s approval process and pave the way for the European Parliament to consider the revised withdrawal agreement. The move came after British MPs voted on Saturday for an amendment proposed by former Conservative minister Oliver Letwin that seeks to avoid a no-deal Brexit on October 31, which in turn prompted Mr Johnson to pull his plans to ask the Commons to formally approve the agreement. – FT (£) …although Brussels is reportedly poised to grant a three‑month Brexit extension The European Union will delay Brexit until February if Boris Johnson is unable to get his deal past MPs this week. Diplomatic sources said that the delay would be “fungible” meaning that Britain could leave earlier, on the 1st or 15th of November, December or January, if his deal is ratified before the extension ends. No decision will be taken until EU governments can assess the chances of the withdrawal treaty getting through parliament, not before Tuesday this week. If the prime minister runs into serious trouble or MPs force a second referendum then countries led by Germany will push for a longer extension, possibly until June next year. – The Times (£) No deal preparations ramped up as Government triggers ‘Operation Yellowhammer’ Preparations for a no deal Brexit have been ramped up after the Commons vote forcing Boris Johnson to ask the EU for an extension, Michael Gove has disclosed. The Cabinet minister who is responsible for Brexit planning said the vote had triggered Operation Yellowhammer, the Government’s no deal contingency plan, because it increased the chances of Britain leaving the EU without an agreement on October 31. He said he was “extraordinarily on a Sunday” chairing a meeting of a Cabinet committee to consider the next stage of the Government’s exit preparations and preparedness for a no deal Brexit. “As a result of that vote we can’t guarantee that any extension will be granted and therefore it is my responsibility, my departmental and constitutional responsibility is to prepare for all eventualities,” he told Sophy Ridge on Sunday on Sky News. – Telegraph (£) ‘People’s Vote’ campaign hit by internal power struggle as leaked emails reveal apparent plot The People’s Vote campaign has been hit by an internal power struggle as leaked emails apparently reveal a plot by senior Blairites to depose the chairman of one of its main groups. The emails show attempts by Labour’s former Business Secretary Lord Mandelson and former Number 10 spin doctor Alastair Campbell to seize control of the campaign from Roland Rudd, chair of the Open Britain, the most powerful group within the People’s Vote coalition. In one email, Mr Campbell reportedly said of the secret power struggle with Mr Rudd, who is the brother of former Conservative Cabinet minister Amber Rudd: “I do not see how this gets done without a public battle and it should happen soon and be fast and brutal.” – Telegraph (£) Boris Johnson could be ruled in contempt of court over bid to thwart Parliament, claim anti-Brexit lawyers in Scottish court action Boris Johnson could be in contempt of court after he urged EU leaders to ignore a letter asking for an extension to the Brexit deadline, say Remain lawyers behind a legal action in court on Monday. Scotland’s most senior judge, Lord Carloway, and two other judges will hear allegations that the Prime Minister may have broken a promise that he made to the court that he would not try to thwart the request for an extension by sending multiple letters. The Government’s lawyers pledged in writing and in court earlier this month that the Prime Minister would honour the provisions of the Benn Act, seeking an extension to article 50 if he failed to get a Brexit deal passed by October 19. – Telegraph (£) Liz Truss: The world is waiting, so let’s stop the delaying tactics, games and excuses Super Saturday could have been the day MPs finally implemented the referendum result, opening the door to a bright new future for our country. Instead, it was another damp squib in a series of many for this zombie parliament. This is so frustrating as we are primed to unleash opportunity for every corner of our country and open up a new trade drive on the world stage. Against the odds, the Prime Minister has secured a great new deal with Brussels that will allow us to make a success of leaving the European Union without any further pointless delays on 31 October. It gives us control over our domestic economic agenda, the freedom for the whole UK to forge new relationships with the rest of the world and provides scope for a sensible future relationship with the EU. – Liz Truss MP for the Telegraph (£) Nicky Morgan: Now is the time for Conservatives to trust each other over Brexit A leap of faith by those rightly concerned about a No Deal Brexit is now required to enable the UK to leave the EU on October 31 with a deal in place and the withdrawal legislation approved. I know how hard this will be. In the hope that it might help those required to make that adjustment, I want to share my experiences of making a similar leap earlier this year. I was one of the rebels who helped to secure Parliament having a “meaningful vote”. I was consequently labelled as one of the original ‘traitors’ by the media. It wasn’t a very nice place to be, but I was convinced that I was doing the right thing, and that Parliament must be fully involved in something as significant as Brexit. – Nicky Morgan MP for ConservativeHome Iain Duncan Smith: Every time he stands up to this Remainer Parliament, Boris Johnson grows stronger in the eyes of the public What a ridiculous spectacle the House of Commons cut on Saturday. Called back to vote as required on a meaningful motion, instead we ended up losing that opportunity to Oliver Letwin’s utterly self-serving amendment. In a short speech, lasting a handful of minutes only, he claimed the amendment was to “protect” us from a no-deal Brexit. His disingenuous description of his motives fooled nobody. The wild cheering of pro-Remain protesters in response to the result in the House of Commons told you all you needed to know about the amendment. The likes of Dominic Grieve may have claimed it was necessary to give MPs time to debate the measures – but out in Parliament Square they weren’t carrying placards saying: “We need more time to scrutinise and amend the Bill.” If those outside knew that delay leads to Remain then, of course, so do MPs. – Iain Duncan Smith MP for the Telegraph (£) Nick Timothy: The Letwin-backing former Tories are at risk of becoming Labour’s useful idiots As first Theresa May and then Boris Johnson struggled to lead a divided Conservative Party through Brexit, the Labour Party has done its best to avoid any scrutiny of its own divisions and of its own approach to Britain’s departure from the European Union. It is easy to see why. Labour is divided about Brexit even more profoundly – and in even more complex ways – than the Conservatives. With so many column inches and broadcast minutes dedicated to the Tory dilemma, this might sound surprising. But we should remind ourselves of the facts. – Nick Timothy for the Telegraph (£) John Ashmore: Even if Johnson’s deal passes, this is only the end of the beginning In the end, Saturday wasn’t so super after all. I had hoped to be writing about a Brexit deal finally passing the House of Commons on the first Saturday sitting in 37 years – which is also roughly as long as it feels Brexit has been going on. Instead, thanks to the passage of Oliver Letwin’s amendment, we are braced for yet more delay, albeit potentially much shorter than the three months stipulated by the Benn Act. Much has already been said about the sophistry of Letwin’s intervention, but it is perhaps best summed up by the pro-deal Labour MP, Caroline Flint, who called it “a panic measure to reinsert the three-month delay for one reason only – to thwart a deal”. – John Ashmore for CapX John Redwood: How to leave the EU Over the last three days I have tried one more time to persuade the government that the best way to leave is to table a Free Trade Agreement based on EU/Japan and EU/Canada, and offer talks after we leave on 31 October. If the EU says Yes then we can avoid all tariffs and new trade barriers whilst the free trade issues are discussed, if necessary at length. If they refuse this sensible offer which is much in their own interest we leave on the basis of WTO trade, cutting tariffs on our imports as we do so. This is leaving with a WTO deal, including arrangements and agreements for government procurement, haulage, aviation, customs, pipelines, transport links, energy and much else which are now ready. – John Redwood’s Diary The Sun: Bercow must not snatch away Boris Johnson’s last chance to get his Brexit deal through Parliament It was said that this miserable excuse for a Parliament might finally rally round and deliver the result of the referendum — but we thought it too good to be true. And so it has proved. Puffed-up backbencher Oliver Letwin put a dirty great spanner in the works on Saturday, giving Speaker John Bercow the chance to twist it by refusing to allow MPs to vote again on the deal. We are used to Bercow disgracing his office, but this would be a new low even for him. The EU has given the PM 48 hours to get his deal through Parliament, and if Bercow uses a legal loophole to scupper him, it will go down in history as an act of grave constitutional vandalism. Aided and abetted by Bercow, smug Remainer MPs have spent three years betraying the people who elected them. – The Sun says Brexit in Brief The DUP’s real fear? That its position as a key player in Northern Ireland is under threat – Tim Stanley for the Telegraph (£) Michael Gove reveals he made bet against Matt Hancock over Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal – Telegraph (£) Brexit blocker Sir Oliver Letwin faces backlash from his Leave-backing constituency – The Sun