Senior Tory Brexiter calls Sunak's authorities 'bent' as Brexit row explodes

The Tory civil warfare has exploded once more in Parliament as a senior Brexiteer accused Rishi Sunak's being "bent" as others claimed that he was attempting to "rig a vote" on essential Brexit laws.

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Mark Francois, the chairman of the ERG of Conservative Brexiteer MPs, was requested to withdraw the phrase "bent" after making the feedback as fellow MPs expressed their outrage at their very own authorities.

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The row broke out because of the federal government "sacking" 5 Tory MPs from a committee voting on essential Brexit laws as a result of they meant to impose the pro-EU measures.

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The committee is voting via essential components of Rishi Sunak's Windsor Framework deal on Northern Ireland which might enable the EU to place checks on parcels going from mainland Britain.

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Unionists and Brexiteers have warned it can undermine Brexit and divide the UK.

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Veteran Tory MP Sir Bill Cash mentioned that he had "never known anything like it to happen in 40 years" of being an MP.

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Sir Bill described the manouevres as "outrageous" whereas former cupboard minister Jacob Rees-Mogg demanded the assembly was suspended.

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Mr Francois mentioned that it's regular for MPs to get replaced on a committee if they can not attend for some private cause.

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But he added: "What is not the norm is for people to be taken off a committee against their will.

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"That is what has occurred right here and it has occurred 5 instances over on the identical committee.

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"That is not in order, that is not a convention, it is the government trying to rig a committee by getting rid of people who they thought might have the moral courage to vote the wrong way.

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"It's bent that's what they've performed."

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Speaking directly to the committee chairman Mark Field, he added: "You Sir shouldn't be facilitating it.

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"You yourself have admitted that the committee membership was only finalised 50 minute before it was due to begin. That's extraordinary."

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He warned the minister Victoria Atkins and the whip on obligation to not transfer the order and "accept there has been a mistake".

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He mentioned: "Do not force this committee to go ahead on a basis that is blatantly and obviously rigged."

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Mr Field mentioned "It is for the Committee of Selection to select the rules."

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He mentioned that the phrase "bent" was "unparliamentary and demanded Mr Francois withdraw.

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But Jacob Rees-Mogg said the chairman "doesn't have the authority to make you withdraw."

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Mr Francois witdrew his comment and replaced it with "rigged".

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Sir James Duddridge described how he had refused to leave the committee after expressing reservations about the secondary legislation and then found he had been removed.

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In total five Brexiteers were removed from the committee including Sir James, Marco Longhi and Danny Kruger.

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Mr Kruger said: "A mistake has been made on behalf of the whips workplace."

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DUP Sammy Wilson said that the government had "carried out a purge" on its own party of Brexiteers.

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He warned that the legislation was "a part of the jigsaw in eradicating Northern Ireland from the UK".

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The veteran MP said that the committee "can't proceed with integrity."

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The debate on the laws was unable to begin earlier than MPs had been pressured to take a break once they had been known as away to vote on the Illegal Immigration Bill due to the variety of factors of order.

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