Remainer Tory warns over US-style 'partisan bitterness' if deal rejected

Remain-backing Conservative Sir Nicholas Soames says while Theresa May's deal is "not perfect", the alternatives make him "deeply anxious".

He told MPs that a no-deal Brexit or another referendum "which would likely be inconclusive after a vicious and harsh campaign" could be disastrous.

He said it could "push Britain into the kind of loathsome and hateful partisan bitterness that now so disfigures American public life".