Brexit news.
As the dust settles after another crushing defeat for the Merkel authored Withdrawal Agreement that Theresa May still refuses to ditch, we should now look at what is likely to happen in the House of Commons today.
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There is much talk that Brexit will now be stopped by MPs simply voting a no deal down today and voting for an extension to the Article 50 process tomorrow.
But those votes stop nothing, without further very substantial legislative action being taken.
But first, what are MPs going to actually be voting on this evening, as that is the important bit right now.
The motion put forward by the government says:
"That this House declines to approve leaving the European Union without a Withdrawal Agreement and a Framework for the Future Relationship on 29 March 2019; and notes that leaving without a deal remains the default in UK and EU law unless this House and the EU ratify an agreement."
So, although the government is asking parliament to vote against a no deal today, it has not been removed from the table.
What Mrs May is saying it's either her deal or no deal.
The reference to 'ratify an agreement' means vote for her deal because hers is the only deal that can be ratified.
Now some amendments to this have been put forward.
Dame Caroline Spelman, backed by the likes of Yvette Cooper and Nick Boles, is a simple change to the whole thing into:
"That this House rejects the United Kingdom leaving the European Union without a Withdrawal Agreement and a Framework for the Future Relationship."
By voting for that MPs would be sayi..
