Ex-minister Alistair Bur denies possibility of general elections before Brexit

Prime Minister Theresa May is under huge pressure from some members of her top team of ministers who want to Britain to leave the European Union without a deal, a former minister said on Sunday.

Alistair Burt, who quit as a junior foreign office minister last week in order to support votes in parliament on alternative Brexit options, also said he did not think holding a national election would be helpful to the country.

When asked if May should lead the party into an election, Burt told Sky News: "The prime minister has already said that she's expecting to leave after we get the first stage of Brexit going through - I don't anticipate a general election before that is done. So probably the answer would be 'no'."