LONDON, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- British Conservative MPs who delivered a fatal blow to Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal are expected to back her Wednesday in a vote of confidence in her government.
The 10 politicians at Westminster from the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) who shore up May's minority government are also expected to vote against the no confidence measure tabled by the main opposition Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn.
Despite May entering the records books as suffering the worse defeat ever in Britain's House of Commons, her MPs will rally around her to avoid a collapse of the government, with the prospect of Labour taking over.
Some political commentators were suggesting Wednesday that May should resign as prime minister or be replaced at 10 Downing Street, even if she wins the confidence vote.
Work and Pensions Minister Amber Rudd told reporters as she left her home in London Wednesday morning that she thought May will win the vote of no confidence later.
Rudd said: "I look forward to making the case for her. The real issue we need to focus on today is how devastating a Jeremy Corbyn government would be for this country. We have difficulties over delivering on Brexit. But nothing, nothing would be worse than a Jeremy Corbyn government."
On a breakfast television program, leader of the House of Commons, Conservative MP Andrea Leadsom said May now wants to hear constructive ideas from senior parliamentarians that are negotiable with the European Union.
Leadsom said it was clear the Brexit deal as a whole wasn't necessarily being rejected, but there are aspects of the deal some MPs find problematic.
She added May sees as her core purpose delivering on what 17.4 million people voted for in the 2016 referendum when the majority backed leaving the EU "The prime minister remains committed to delivering on Brexit and we all need to now help her," added Leadsom.
Leadsom told the BBC the government will not be delaying or revoking Article 50, adding: "We are determined to deliver on Brexit on March 29 which is what a vast majority of Parliamentarians voted for in triggering Article 50."
Labour politicians reacted to the Leadsom interview with suggestions there is a reluctance to involve their leader Jeremy Corbyn in face-to-face talks with May about a way forward.
Labour's headquarters in London described as inaccurate claims the party doesn't have an alternative plan.
"We have been promoting it for months, a new Customs Union, a close relationship with (European) single market," a party spokesman said on social media.
Developments in London are being closely followed Wednesday in Brussels and across Europe, with some European politicians saying a delay to the March 29 departure date is possible.
But there seems to be little appetite in Brussels for making radical changes to the Brexit deal brokered between May and other EU member state leaders.
There was extended applause for the EU's chief negotiator Michel Barnier in European Parliament as he delivered his reaction to the Tuesday night vote in House of Commons when British MPs rejected May's deal by a massive margin of 432 votes to 202.
Barnier called for EU to remain calm and united, saying it is now up to Britain to provide clarity.
Scotland's First Minister, and leader of the Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP) Nicola Sturgeon travelled from Edinburgh to London Wednesday to meet the leader of the SNP at Westminster, Ian Blackford.
Sturgeon said: "We want the UK to stay in EU which is why we back a People's Vote. But it is becoming increasingly clear that Scotland's wider interests will only be protected with independence."
Meanwhile, the former leader and co-founder of UKIP, Nigel Farage, said Wednesday it was bizarre May had not resigned as prime minister following her defeat.
Farage, who helped set up the party almost 30 years ago to campaign for Britain to leave the EU, said in an interview he thought the British parliament would not allow Brexit to happen on March 29.
He said: "These are extraordinary circumstances. What you have got, probably for the first time in the history of our nation, is a parliament that refuses point blank to accept the will of the people. We voted for Brexit, we backed it up in a general election the following year and a majority of the House of Commons don't want it."
If, as widely expected, May wins the confidence vote, she will have to return to the House of Commons Monday to make a statement outlining an alternative to the Brexit deal rejected in Tuesday night's historic vote.
