Rees-mogg makes crucial brexit point in parliament may agrees with

The prominent Brexiteer congratulated Theresa May on her victory after Tory MPs expressed their vote of confidence in the Prime Minister's leadership last week. He moved on to praise

the Prime Minister for her uncompromised position against a second Brexit referendum, arguing it would be "very hard" to deny Nicola Sturgeon a second vote on Scotland's

independence if a "losers vote" went ahead. He said: “On the issue of a second referendum - better known as the losers' vote - I support the Prime Minister’s opposition to

this not only because it is undemocratic and it would be divisive. “But also because it would be very hard to deny a second referendum in Scotland if we had a second referendum on the

membership of the European Union.” The Prime Minister claimed the Tory Brexiteer, who had voted against her in last week's vote, had made a "good point". She said: “Can I say

my Honourable friend makes a good point, we have a record over the years of a number of referendums. “We have accepted the decisions that people have taken, we have not gone back on them

with a second referendum. “And I think he’s absolutely right.” Last week, the Prime Minister said she would not fight another general election as leader of the Conservative Party despite

surviving a no confidence vote. Mrs May today urged MPs not to “break the faith of the British people” in a patriotic speech. She said: “Let us not break faith with the British people by

trying to stage another referendum. "Another vote which would do irreparable damage to the integrity of our politics, because it would say to millions who trusted in democracy, that our

democracy does not deliver. "Another vote which would likely leave us no further forward than the last.” "And another vote which would further divide our country at the very

moment we should be working to unite it." Her grave words come in the wake of a bruising EU summit in Brussels last week during which European leaders largely rebuffed the PM's

calls for reassurances on her Withdrawal Agreement.