The House of Commons will vote today on whether to delay Brexit after a dramatic night in the chamber saw MPs reject the idea of leaving the European Union without a deal.
MPs voted by 312 to 308 to reject a no-deal Brexit under any circumstances, an amendment from Labour MP Yvette Cooper, who said Parliament had “voted decisively tonight against the chaos of no deal”.
While the country might have been saved from so-called no-deal chaos, The Independent says it was “chaos in the Commons”.
The government wanted to keep the long-term no-deal option on the table, so ordered Conservative MPs to vote against Cooper’s amendment with a three-line whip. However, four members of the Cabinet broke rank and abstained.