Tory Brexiteer Mark Francois has gone renegade, even by his standards, telling Chancellor Philip Hammond "up yours" on live radio.
The hardline Eurosceptic went dramatically off script after MPs failed to find a pragmatic way forward in tonight's indicative votes.
MPs had just rejected four proposals for a way out of the Brexit deadlock.
But Mr Francois said the 'soft Brexit' plans, were an "attempted coup" mounted by a cross- group of Remain-backing MPs in a bid to block Brexit.
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He said: "What happened this evening was a number of members of the cabinet led by Philip Hammond, utterly in cahoots with backbenchers across the house, attempted to stop us leaving the European Union."
"What happened if you look at the mathematics, is the Tory benches rallied to defeat it, the overwhelming number of votes against all the propositions were from Conservative MPs.
And if you're listening, Mr Hammond," he added, "my fraternal message to you is: "Up yours!"
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Later in his kamikaze media round, Mr Francois told BBC News Channel: "I'm not going to criticise Nick Boles because he fought off cancer."
Mr Boles dramatically quit the Conservative Party over Eurosceptic backbenchers' refusal to compromise on Brexit.
Mr Francois was absolutely rinsed earlier this month after claiming his Territorial Army training would help him "win" Brexit.
"We're not going to vote for the Withdrawal Agreement when it keeps us in the EU. We're just not going to do it," he told Sky News.
"I'm not going to bank a lose. I was in the Army. I wasn't trained to lose."
