In yesterday evening’s showdown debate, the politician and the expert were excessively polite to each other.
The longer it gets, the harder it becomes to simultaneously please both the EU institutions and the British electorate.
It’s possible to accept all the arguments suggesting that it’s sensible for us to do so – but still feel morally queasy.
Everyone needs to be prepared for the hugely difficult times that we now face.
Maybe Ken Livingstone can explain.
Alex Chalk and Tania Mathias were the only MPs to vote against the Government on the Lords’ amendment.
With growing problems at home, many member states are at odds with the Commission’s punitive line on Brexit.
Davis defied the Lords by carrying the Commons, but could not talk round Clegg.
She says she voted against her conscience to honour the referendum outcome, but is making a stand for Parliamentary sovereignty.
The Brexit Secretary urges MPs to keep the Bill clear and straightforward.
Sturgeon wants a poll to be timed to cause maximum disruption to the talks. She mustn’t get away with it.
She says that the poll should be “at a time when the options are clearer than they are now, but before it is too late to decide our own path”.
The Dudley South MP and keen Leaver was in intensive care during previous readings, but will make the trip to vote today.
Whatever the outcome, MPs and peers must be able to have their say in the lobbies.
Ministers have a clear duty to obtain legal certainty.