Thread by @IanDunt

Steel yourself. The prime minister is about to come to the Commons.

Important to remember how much work had to be done in order to secure this. A tireless parliamentary battle, just to ensure a basic level of scrutiny.

She is not coming because she wants to. She is being dragged here by the will of parliament.

You can follow here parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/a1…

May: "It was clear the govt approach had to change, and it has."

Govt has been constructive, without preconditions (erm, really?) And now the predictable, but not entirely unfair, criticism of Corbyn, for not attending meetings.

6 key issues.

1: Ruling out no-deal. "Right to rule out no-deal is for this House to approve a deal. Only other guaranteed way is to revoke A50."

Or we could extend A50. She says EU won't do that unless there is a plan. She says that argument we should revoke without a deal would go against referendum result.

2: People's Vote. May again repeats her opposition, although somewhat milder than usual. Says it would require extension of A50. It could "damage social cohesion".

May says no majority in Commons for this option.

3: Concern about backstop. She confirms the govt "will never open the Belfast agreement. I have never considered doing so."

She is going to talk to DUP and others to see how to meet obligations to people of Northern Ireland and Ireland without or with different backstop.

4: Future relationship. Says she will seek input from wide range of voices outside govt and especially parliament. "It's my responsibility to listen to legitimate concerns of colleagues in forming future partnership." Select committees to be brought in too.

Admits parliament feels left out. Says confidential committee sessions will give MPs up to date information without undermining govt's negotiating position.

5: MPs raise strong views that they want environment and worker right protection. May will provide guarantee that they won't be eroded. This will take the form of an amendment.

6: Concerns about EU citizens in UK and UK citizens in EU. She cites the @the3million by name. May confirms £65 charge will be scrapped.

@the3million Anyone who already paid will have their fee reimbursed.

@the3million No caveats: That is good work by the prime minister. Credit where it is due.

@the3million May says engagement continues. More meetings with all parties, and with trade unions and businesses.

Ok she's done. Not much there really, although there is a change in tone I think.

Basically, there will be new protections for workers and environmental rights, more involvement in parliament in future trade negotiations, an attempt to reform the backstop, and welcome moves for EU citizens.

But this is small fry really. Certainly nothing that would get her deal through the Commons.

Corbyn asks PM to confirm she'll follow it, if an amendment passes that rules out no-deal.

He also confirms he won't "rule out" a public vote. Interesting that he mentioned it at all - he usually avoids it.

Ken Clarke asks her to reach out to Remainers by relaxing her rejection of a customs union and regulatory alignment.

May doesn't budge an inch on either issue. Blabbering away about a trade deal with New Zealand. God alive, just imagine.

Just imagine how faulty your reason is to think for a fucking moment that that would replace what we are losing.

Who knew that we would need to explain the concepts of space and size in mainstream political debate.

Powerful speech by Justine Greening. "She talks about social cohesion. But surely the most divisive thing to do would be for members of this House to pass her deal knowing their communities do not want it?"

"Parliament has run out of road. We've been debating for two and half years. We could debate for another two and half years and we still wouldn't reach a resolution on Brexit. The only people who can do that now, surely, are the British people."

There's something changed about May that I can't quite put my finger on. A sense of deflation? Of defeat? It could be an act, but I suspect it goes deeper.

Ed Miliband asks the right question: As a litmus test, if the House voted for the customs union, would she do it?

May refuses to answer.

Bill Cash. A living spiderweb.

Yvette Cooper. "PM talks like she lost by 30 votes, not 230 votes. She says she wants to give parliament a say but we heard all this before."

"If she's serious, give parliament a say before we finish the A50 negotiations. Give parliament a vote on her red lines, including the customs union, or how can any of us believe a word she says?"

It would be good to stay in the customs union, but it is a minor thing really. Depressing that most statements opposing May act like it would somehow make Brexit OK.

Customs union membership without single market membership still lands you neck deep in shite.

John redwood, human vulture,tries his luck with the 'Article 24 of the GATT' crap. This is such a tedious and demented little lie they've landed on.

Kate Hoey, the member for batshit: "This is a Remain parliament," she says. She wants to speed up the use of statutory instruments so parliament can be ignored altogether.

Raab wants May to rule out extending Article 50 to "give businesses certainty". Hah.

Your regular reminder that this moron was for years considered the big brains on the right.

Frank Field says we should have indicative votes in Commons to see what it might support. Will she support it? May avoids the question.

Yeah. This is going nowhere. Complete anaemia and befuddlement.