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May's handling of Brexit could lead to Britain's ‘first-ever Marxist government,’ Tories have warned
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is applauded as he arrives in the speaking chamber at the Young Labour conference last week

THERESA MAY’S handling of Brexit could lead to Britain’s “first-ever Marxist government” a group of Tory MPs — including Winston Churchill’s grandson — warned today.

The One Nation caucus of MPs, which includes Nicky Morgan, George Freeman and Sir Nicholas Soames, a descendant of Britain’s wartime prime minister, said the PM’s successor should be someone who stands a “chance” of avoiding further divisions in the country.

In a letter to the Guardian, the group wrote that leaving the European Union could be a “bold moment of change” if the next prime minister unites “all four parts of the union, north and south, Remain and Leave.

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