Graham Stringer said his party’s decision to back Yvette Cooper’s amendment was “dangerous” because “nobody would know who was in control” of Brexit.
He also ridiculed Mr Corbyn’s call to rule out a no deal Brexit – comparing it to a trade union boss telling managers that “whatever you do, we won’t go on strike”.
Mr Stringer – a veteran Eurosceptic on Labour's backbenches – threw his weight behind a no deal Brexit if Theresa May’s deal fails – saying: “It just means complete freedom. So I’m not bothered about no deal."
Appearing as a special guest at the Tory Eurosceptic Bruges Group, Mr Stringer said: "Often in discussing the European Union my colleagues use kindergarten language – they say 'they're our friends, how could they not have our interests at heart?'.
"I think it misunderstands that actually the bureaucrats in Brussels are a self-interested group of people – self-interested in their own survival and perpetuating their growing power and influence across the whole of the European continent."
“It also misunderstands the fact that the European Union do negotiate but they usually come to agreements at the last minute – the 11th hour.
“And that is possible which is why it’s important to send the Prime Minister back to Brussels over the next fortnight because I think that the European Union – one can’t be certain – actually want to come to a deal.”
In an ominous warning for his party he predicted Labour would lose "a lot of seats" if it continued to frustrate Brexit.
And there would be "electoral peril" for the party if Labour officially backed a second referendum, the MP added.
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