Conservative MPs launch fightback against Brexiteer 'entryism'

A group of Conservative MPs have launched a fightback against claims of "entryism" by ardent Brexiteers.Leave.EU, a pro-Brexit campaign that was fined £70,000 by the Electoral Commission for breaking rules on spending during the referendum, says its backers are "flooding" the Conservative party.Philip Lee, a pro-Remain MP who resigned as a justice minister to criticise the government over its handling of Brexit, responded that it was "time to wake up and act against a hard-right Momentum".