The Nigel Farage Show

The Conservative leadership hopeful told the Daily Telegraph that he would support a vote in Parliament when there was a majority in the Commons likely to back the move.

Mrs May came back with: "There's another question for the Labour Party on this with all this talk about no-deal. The question really is: where does the Labour Party stand on Brexit?

"The shadow Brexit secretary (Sir Keir Starmer) doesn't support Brexit, the shadow foreign secretary (Emily Thornberry), the shadow chancellor (John McDonnell) doesn't support Brexit, the Labour deputy leader (Tom Watson) doesn't support Brexit.

"Labour wants to block Brexit and that would be a betrayal of the many by the few."

Also Diane Abbott has become the latest senior Labour figure to express concerns about the party's policy on Brexit.

The shadow home secretary - one of Jeremy Corbyn's closest allies - said she was "beginning to worry" whether the party had got its strategy right.

After days avoiding journalists' questions, the former foreign secretary sought to get his campaign back on track, declaring he would deliver Brexit by the Halloween deadline "do or die".

Sky News invited the leadership rivals to take part in the head-to-head debate on Tuesday night hosted by Kay Burley but said it would be cancelled due to Mr Johnson's decision not to attend.

The broadcaster has now invited both men to take part in a debate on July 1.

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Michael Gove was eliminated from the race by just two votes as Conservative MPs balked at the possibility of a bitter contest due to the "personal psychodrama" involving the Environment Secretary and his rival Mr Johnson.

Allies of Mr Hunt had urged MPs to choose the Foreign Secretary to help keep the party together rather than risk a ferocious row between Mr Johnson and Mr Gove.

Mr Johnson received 143 votes, up from 126 on Tuesday, with Mr Hunt on 54, up from 46.

Former Brexit secretary Dominic Raab was eliminated from the race, while Home Secretary Sajid Javid survived by a single vote.

But there was another overwhelming victory for Mr Johnson, who secured 126 votes - 80 ahead of his nearest rival Jeremy Hunt on 46.

Michael Gove was in third place on 41 votes, while Rory Stewart was on 37.

Today the leadership hopeful failed to turn up to a hustings of journalists. During a television debate last night, one of the six lecterns stood vacant to mark Boris Johnson's absence. It is thought that the MP's team will not yet allow him out to debate why he should be the next Prime Minister.