Theresa May's second referendum vote offer rejected by opposition parties and condemned by Tory Brexiteers

“I say with conviction to every MP of every party: I have compromised, now I ask you to compromise too,” she declared.

And Mrs May warned if they did not, then a failure to agree a Brexit deal “risks opening the door to a nightmare future of permanently polarised politics”.

However, the offer of votes on her red lines will only take place if the House of Commons first agrees to pass the UK Government’s Withdrawal Agreement Bill[WAB] early next month.

The PM warned that if MPs blocked this, they would be “voting to stop Brexit” and that leaving the EU with a deal any time soon would be “dead in the water”.

Yet the width and depth of condemnation towards her “new, bold offer” suggested that her fourth and final attempt to get her Brexit Plan through Westminster is doomed.

Jeremy Corbyn swiftly dismissed what Mrs May described as her “New Deal,” saying it was a “repackaging of the same old bad deal, rejected three times by Parliament”.

The Labour leader said his party would not support it, adding: “It’s clear this weak and disintegrating government is unable deliver on its own commitments.”

Nicola Sturgeon made clear the SNP would also oppose the bill. "The PM is asking MPs to vote for a bill that takes us out of the EU - in Scotland's case against our will - out of the single market and possibly out of the customs union.

"And with no actual commitment to put the deal to a second referendum. The SNP will not do that,” declared the First Minister.

She also tweeted: “The PM might not have guaranteed a second EU referendum but her promise of a vote on one puts the Scottish Tories ‘vote for us for no more referendums on anything ever’ pitch on something of a sticky wicket.”

Sir Vince Cable for the Liberal Democrats was equally adamant his party would oppose the WAB, saying Mrs May’s authority was “draining away” and her last-ditch attempt was “doomed to failure”.

“Unless and until the Government concedes that a People’s Vote must be in the legislation, she will not win our support,” he said.

Nigel Dodds, Westminster leader of Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionists, claimed Mrs May’s rebranded bill was “fundamentally flawed” and a “hotch-potch of proposals”.

On the Conservative Brexiteer side there was anger and dismay.

Boris Johnson, the favourite to succeed Mrs May, tweeted: “With great reluctance I backed MV3. Now we are being asked to vote for a customs union and a second referendum. The Bill is directly against our manifesto and I will not vote for it. We can and must do better and deliver what the people voted for.”

Jacob Rees-Mogg, the leader of the Tory anti-Brexit faction, said what was on offer was "worse than before and would leave us bound deeply in to the EU; it is time to leave on WTO terms”.

His Conservative colleague Zac Goldsmith denounced the legislation as a "convoluted mess," saying: “That it takes us towards a rigged referendum between her deal and no Brexit is just grotesque. The PM must go.”

But Rory Stewart, the International Development Secretary, tweeted: ".@theresamay is right - we need to get Brexit done. The delay and uncertainty is doing real damage to businesses and consumer confidence across the country.

"Then - when we have got it over the line - we can move on and talk about the wider issues that really matter to people, while crafting the future of British foreign policy," added the Scot.

Damian Green, the former Cabinet minister and close ally of Mrs May, stressed it was still true that her deal was the "quickest way to deliver Brexit".

Outwith Westminster, Manuel Cortes, the General Secretary of the TSSA transport union, said there were "no real guarantees on jobs, workers' rights or future customs arrangements" and described Mrs May's latest offer as "a desperate last throw of the Brexit dice".

But Carolyn Fairbairn, Director-General of the Confederation of British Industry, urged MPs to support compromise so the country could move forward.

"Brexit has left the economy stranded in no man's land," she declared. "The Prime Minister's offer provides a way forward but only MPs can take it.

"Businesses urge them finally to find the spirit of compromise that has eluded them so far. Jobs and livelihoods depend on it," she added.

At Cabinet earlier in the day, Julian Smith, the Chief Whip, sought to impress upon colleagues that the “numbers won’t be there” to get the WAB through unless several Labour MPs could be won over to the Government side.

Brexiteer Chris Grayling, the Transport Secretary, was said to have been so angry at Mrs May’s concessions to the Remain lobby that some ministers believed he was on the verge of resigning there and then. But this was later denied.

Following the PM’s speech. Downing St was unable to give details about the possible way ahead. Asked if there could be free votes on the referendum and customs union votes, it said whipping arrangements would be made clear nearer the time.

The WAB, which runs to more than 100 pages, is due to be published by the end of the week.

Today, Mrs May will face the wrath of MPs from the Government and Opposition benches when she makes a Commons statement on her reworked bill.

With the Tories facing a drubbing in this week’s European elections at the hands of Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party, there is a feeling among some Conservatives that neither they nor the PM should have to be put through another Commons humiliation when her plan is rejected for a fourth time and that the wisest course of action would be for a number of Cabinets ministers next week to present their leader with an ultimatum: either she goes or they go.

The key points of the PM's revised plan are:

*a Commons vote on another referendum before the withdrawal agreement is ratified with a promise the Government would honour the outcome;

*a vote on different customs options, including a “customs compromise” of a temporary customs union for goods, lasting until the General Election in 2022;

*a legal obligation for the Government to produce an alternative to the Northern Ireland backstop by the end of 2020;

*should the backstop come into force, Northern Ireland would remain regulatory aligned with the rest of the UK and any proposal that a future government could split Northern Ireland off from the UK’s customs territory would be “prohibited”;

*legislate to ensure workers’ rights were "every bit as good if not better" after Brexit and guarantee no dilution in environmental standards and

*a legal duty to seek changes to the political declaration on future relations with the EU.