meaningful vote

PM denying that she’s running down the clock rings hollow. The question is whether her endgame involves no deal chaos or a lengthy delay.

Again and again PM fails to take action on Brexit, preferring to run down clock in hope of a better hand. Meanwhile the country suffers.

If that’s all PM promises tomorrow, it will let her run down the clock. MPs will have to extract more concessions on Valentine’s Day.

Exchange of letters shows no sign of compromise. Both proposals mean Brexit drags on for years. Time Labour moved on to back People’s Vote.

May survived last night by promising fantasy Brexit. She knows EU will reject it, and must return to MPs empty handed before Valentines Day.

Most critical amendment in the Commons today is one that has got comparatively little attention: Grieve’s. Labour must whip to support it.

May’s cross-party meetings, Labour plan for more votes, campaigns for “Norway”: it’s all just can-kicking. MPs must now back People’s Vote.

Miserable deal deserved to go down in flames. Further Herculean efforts are needed to get a People’s Vote, win it and heal the nation.

Open Europe, which back May’s deal, has put five key questions to those who back a People’s Vote. Here are our editor’s answers.

It’s great that MPs want to assert control of parliamentary process if they reject May’s deal. But the way they do it really matters.

Government has made a hash of the Irish dimension throughout Brexit talks, and seems determined to keep doing so even as defeat draws near.

Postponing votes, dashing around Europe, Tory mutinies - it has been a series of humiliations for the UK. None of it will help solve Brexit.