Speaking to the BBC, Tory MP and Father of the House of Commons Ken Clarke says the Conservative Party must "face up to the fact" that a leadership election will be "totally destructive".

He says it will be "six weeks of blood running in the gutter as we all argue our different positions on Europe again and different candidates all vie with each other to take advantage it.

"It will not do the party any good at all."

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Times political journalist Iain Martin says he would rather Theresa May "had been more honest" and said "here are the Brexiteers who I think are mad, here are the Remainers I think are mad, the country wants something in the middle and there are going to have to be compromises so we don't reach a no deal."

Martin says instead, Mrs May has "deceived" the nation and it is "a mistake to pretend this is the deal we wanted" as it will lead us in "endless limbo".

"There are things which I think it is impossible to agree to, like a customs union," he adds, "you can't have a relationship which a sovereign nation can't give notice from."

Conservative commentator Tim Montgomerie says Mrs May should go and backs Home Secretary Sajid Javid as the next leader for the Conservative Party. "He could unite the party as you need someone in the middle of the debate," he says.

Martin agrees that Mr Javid is a strong candidate, and also throws former Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab's name into the mix.

The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph has an article by polling expert Sir John Curtice - a professor of politics at the University of Strathclyde - saying that Theresa May has a battle on her hands as she seeks to prove her deal is better than no deal.

He suggests many voters are yet to make up their minds about Brexit, yet initial opinion polls of attitudes towards the deal suggest that the prime minister has a difficult task to both win the public over and persuade MPs to back her deal.

You can read more here, external.

The Daily Mail

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In an interview with the Daily Mail, , externalTheresa May has shared a rare glimpse of her life behind the scenes during what she describes as "a pretty heavy couple of days".

Within hours of the Conservative revolt erupting on Wednesday afternoon, with Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg calling for her to resign, Theresa May was back on duty chatting to Prince Charles at his 70th birthday party at Clarence House.

After the party, her husband of 38 years, Philip, was waiting at home with a whisky ready.

She says "When I went up to the flat late on Wednesday, around 11pm, the first thing Philip did was to pour me a whisky, Penderyn Welsh whisky, though I do drink Scotch as well!"

On Thursday May delivered an update on Brexit to the House of Commons in the morning and a press conference in the afternoon inside Downing Street urging people to back her deal.

After her duties, she says "Philip cooked beans on toast – I think I opened the tin! He made the toast – and did the washing up! Then it was downstairs for a quick meeting and home (their property in Sonning, Berkshire) by 9.30pm so I could get the washing on and leave it to dry overnight."

Asked if she has lost sleep, she says "It depends how strong the whisky is, or how much Philip has poured for me!"

On Friday she skipped her morning gym session to be back at Downing Street for interviews.

BBC News Channel

Speaking to BBC News, Conservative MP Marcus Fysh says "we need a new leader for this Conservative Party".

He says there is "a better way forward" in leaving the EU, and that under the current deal "free trade agreements would be almost impossible".

"It is wrong to accept the prime minister's position that we couldn’t talk about the future framework during the withdrawal agreement - they have done that with the customs union being put in the draft," he adds.

Mr Fysh, who has not publicly said whether he has handed in a letter of no confidence in the PM, says the UK "is in capitulation mode" and that as a result of this "the European Commission's position is very firm".

"While the prime minister is in place they will think they don't need to change anything."

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Conservative MP Simon Hoare says "there are some of my colleagues who have, over the last few months, hidden behind this argument of No Deal is better than a bad deal".

He says he thinks the majority mood in Parliament, the country and of the people he's spoken to in the last couple of days in his constituency is that "we must get a deal and we must support the prime minister."

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Conservative MP Nadine Dorries says "given what we’re facing with the DUP, we could have a general election. If the DUP walk away, we have no majority and we would be walking default into a general election.

"More than half of Conservative MPs do not want a general election unplanned - the results are too difficult to think about."

But she adds that she believes most Conservative MPs will vote against Theresa May in a no confidence vote "when pen comes to paper".

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Tory MP and Brexiteer Nadine Dorries, one of those we know has handed a letter of no confidence in to Graham Brady, says accusations of divisions in the Conservative Party "are rich coming from Labour".

Speaking to SKy News she says the draft withdrawal agreement "doesn’t stand a cat in hell’s chance of getting through Parliament", and that "it's hard to find anybody other than.. ultra-loyalists who want it".

She says "nobody except Graham Brady" knows how many letters have been received calling for a vote of confidence in Theresa May as Conservative leader, and notes that "some may have said they have put them in when they haven’t, some may have withdrawn them".

“I feel it’s not only close to 48 but we will probably see things moving on Monday," she adds.

When pressed on how confident she is that Theresa May would lose a confidence vote, Nadine Dorries says "none of us want to be here, it’s a sad place to be, but the future of the Conservative party and the country are at stake.”

“If she won the vote it would mean she would be secure in the position for 12 months.”

Sky News

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Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell says he understands EU negotiators' frustration that "for two years the UK government have spent the time negotiating with themselves".

"Everyone has looked and seen that a cliff-edge Brexit would be catastrophic for all economies," he told Sky News, saying that based on his two years experience of speaking to EU negotiators "there is a willingness for the EU to negotiate".

John McDonnell says at the moment, European Union negotiators are "the spectators of battles within the Tory party".

He says the Labour Party believe "we can get a constructive deal that can protect jobs in the economy", and that "if the government aren't willing to get a constructive deal, let's have a general election".

The shadow chancellor says he voted to remain but respects the result of the referendum, although "if we can't get a good deal we need to have a general election.

"If not, we are keeping the option of a 'People's Vote' on the table."

Labour MP David Lammy has responded to former Brexit Secretary David Davis. He has tweeted, external asking Mr Davis whether Theresa May and International Trade Secretary Liam Fox were aware of his actions and whether he had been negotiating on behalf of the UK government "in an unofficial capacity".

The former Brexit Secretary said he has spent the last few days in Washington talking to US Government Trade and Treasury officials and encouraging a free deal with the UK which will be negotiated once the UK leaves the EU in March.

David Davis, of course, stepped down as Brexit secretary in July after refusing to back Theresa May's Chequers plan.

Mr Lammy says that he finds it "interesting that you're doing more negotiating out of Government than you did inside it".

BBC Breakfast

Conservative MP Sir Alan Duncan says "instead of being the eyes and ears and criticising May they should rally round in her support as that's in the national interest".

"MPs must bear in mind the whole country's interests at this critical time," he says.

He also urges Labour MPs to get behind Theresa May, saying "Labour must support the national interest and support the deal".

Referring to rebellious Tory MPs who have sent in letters to the Chair of the 1922 committee Graham Brady, Sir Alan Duncan says "anyone with personal ambitions now, they won't amount to much in the future if you've destroyed your own party in the process".

He says he hopes that "even those who have signed a letter will sit down with constituency members and realise if this is to the advantage of the party or whether it will have disastrous consequences".

BBC Breakfast

Tory MP Sir Alan Duncan says the so-called cabinet 'gang of five' will "leave the government in disarray".

He asks them and MPs who have submitted letters of no confidence in Theresa May to Graham Brady to "stop, think and step back from the brink."

"They are not going to achieve anything by challenging her," he says, "I hope my urge for calm will have some effect as there is too much jostling and looking to the future."

On the cabinet members meeting to discuss a new Brexit plan this weekend, Sir Alan Duncan says "it's not what they demand for Theresa May that's going to make a difference, it's what we can negotiate with the EU.

"We've been doing that [negotiating] for 2 years and any changes the cabinet five believe they will make are "a fantasy".

"Democracy is not blind obedience and everyone should exercise judgement, but the facts here are clear, the prime minister has no other alternative she can deliver," he says.

Iain Watson
Political correspondent

A group of five Brexiteers within the Cabinet are hoping to persuade Theresa May to make changes to the Withdrawal Agreement reached with the EU and their efforts are believed to be being co-ordinated by the Leader of the Commons, Andrea Leadsom.

They say their aim is to change the deal into something "winnable and supportable".

Meanwhile, it is believed the PM will embark on what is being described as a social media blitz this weekend to try to sell her proposals to people who aren't usually engaged with politics.

Political Correspondent Iain Watson says May isn't yet facing a vote of no confidence, but that possibility hasn't evaporated, with more than 20 Conservative MPs now known to have submitted letters expressing no confidence in her leadership.

Party whips are taking soundings on what level of support she can command, while she herself called dozens of constituency chairmen last night to appeal to them to back both her deal and her leadership.