People’s vote is still alive after a day of Brexit drama falls flat | Sonia Sodha

MPs don’t appear to be in favour of anything – but indicative votes suggest deadlock can be broken

This was supposed to be the day the House of Commons dramatically wrested control from the government. In the end, it turned out to be a bit of a damp squib.

None of the eight options MPs were voting on managed to garner a majority. The real fireworks of the evening happened away from the chamber, at a meeting of the European Research Group of Tory MPs, where the deputy chair, Steve Baker, reportedly said of parliament: “I could tear this place down and bulldoze it into the river.”

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