The UK government was defeated last night when the House of Commons voted by a majority of seven, that is 303 to 297, in support an amendment to the Finance Bill put forward by Yvette Cooper that aims to prevent a no-deal exit from the European Union.
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The vast majority of the opposition benches voted in favour of the amendment as did 20 Tory MPs, which included 17 former ministers and among them were six former cabinet ministers.
The Remain campaigners, who seem to be calling themselves 'anti-no-dealers' at the moment, are hailing this as a great victory, while the Brexiteers are saying it is a storm in a teacup and of little consequence.
And you could say both are correct here.
Technically as a stand alone event, this amendment to the finance bill will cause very few problems for the government.
But the Remainers see this as the start of a period of intense trench warfare as they keep the amendments to upcoming legislation flowing in.
You could say that they are holing to kill off the no deal Brexit, or WTO Brexit, option by bleeding it dry by inflicting a sort of death by a thousand amendments.
And the problem for the Brexiteer MPs is they cannot keep saying that each defeat of this type is minor and inconsequential.
If defeats like this keep coming in, it sends out a message to the country at large as well as other wavering Tory MPs who may be emboldened to join in or even vote their own government down if push came to shove.
And here comes the next Remainer move. The Commons is set to start a full five day debate on Theresa May's deal today..