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Breaking: Govt defeated - Commons demands No Deal is taken off the table permanently; 312 v 308, majority of 4. This puts May in a massive bind.
Tory Brexiteer bid for a managed No Deal - the Malthouse Compromise - defeated by 374 v 164, a majority of 210.
It's "total carnage" in the division lobbies, one Tory MP says. Another: "Some who are not prepared to vote against the amended motion are just being allowed to go the pub".
Veterans minister Tobias Ellwood is abstaining, against the Govt's 3 line whip.
Breaking: Govt loses its bid to throw out its own motion to stop No Deal being taken off the table permanently; by 321 v 278, a majority of 43 - defeat inflicted by Tory ministers abstaining. An extraordinary mess.
As many as 20 ministers abstained to break the 3 line whip, one of them says.
Downing Street refusing to say whether ministers who abstained tonight will be sacked - only if they voted AGAINST Govt,
