Tory activists go wild as Boris Johnson demands May ditches her 'outrageous' Brexit plan

Boris Johnson threw another hand grenade into the Tory Brexit civil war today as he decried Theresa May's 'outrageous' Chequers plan.

At a packed rally at party conference in Birmingham, the former foreign secretary delivered a stark ultimatum that the PM must 'chuck' her blueprint for ties with the EU - raging that it denied the result of the referendum and could even be illegal.

He warned that Britain had to show 'self-belief' and stand up for 'freedom' rather than be 'manacled' by Brussels - as well as jibing at Philip Hammond over dodgy Treasury forecasts.

In a tough message to the premier that provoked rapturous cheers from activists, Mr Johnson said he was asking ‘one last time’ for the Government to switch back to the ‘original plan’ the PM set out at Lancaster House.

He said: ‘For one last time, I urge our friends in government to deliver what the people voted for, to back Theresa May in the best way possible, by softly, quietly, and sensibly backing her original plan.'

Slamming his fist on the lectern, Mr Johnson said the decisions on the UK's future could not be 'fudged' as Brussels would merely take the opportunity to force the reversal of the 2016 referendum. 

'Do not believe that we can somehow get it wrong now and fix it later – get out properly next year, or the year after. Total fantasy. The opposite will happen,' he insisted.

MailOnline