Jeppy

And if it really came down to it and MPs again voted on her deal, it'd presumably still lose because both front benches are opposed.

But there's some deep spiritual part of me which feels that this whole thing being resolved by MPs eventually passing May's deal after she'd gone because it slipped through by accident is just absolute peak Brexit

Kinnock and the other MPs on that amendment, who don't really want May's deal but just want to have something to tell their constituents, should be ashamed of themselves really.

Anyway, not a complete disaster, but a significant irritation. MPs currently voting on third reading, at which point it'll go off to the Lords.

Ayes: 327 Noes: 299

Hilary Benn, author of the bill: "The House has spoken this evening. If the other place [the Lords] passes the bill then I say to the Pm that this House expected him to uphold the law."

Benn has really played a blinder over the last few months. He's been diligent, intelligent, principled, farsighted.

He also pays tribute to Tory rebels for their "bravery and courage... who have stood by their convictions in the national interest".