Positions on both sides of the Commons are hardening, despite (or because of) the crusade for consensus

Not only are Leavers and Remainers drifting further apart, but the various Remain factions are now engaged in a furious blame game.

Dominic Walsh: What a customs union does and doesn’t do – and how it compares to the backstop.

Precisely because it would be a rather unnecessary addition to the current deal, it is hard to argue that the proposal would be a disaster for Brexit.

Indicative votes 6) Clarke votes for Corbyn’s plan

It favours “a permanent customs union”, “close alignment with the Single Market” and “dynamic alignment on rights and protections”.

The 30 Conservative MPs who rebelled to vote for Letwin’s amendment

The list includes the three who resigned from the Government this evening – and Green, one of the Prime Minister’s oldest allies.

The 15 Tory MPs who rebelled, unsuccessfully, to back Beckett’s amendment

The proposal was rejected by 314 votes to 311. Boles, Gyimah, Spelman and Vaizey were among those to rebel. Plus Brine and Harrington.

The 17 Conservative MPs who voted against the whip on the Government’s motion

Two of them, Sarah Newton and Paul Masterton, were members of the Government, and have resigned.

WATCH: “Crying wolf” – Clarke on the mistakes that Cameron and Osborne made

“We’re having to be engaged in this because our duty is governance – our duty is the medium and longer term.”

Interview. Sharma – “Every foreign investor I met thought leaving the EU would present significantly more opportunities for bilateral trade.”

The Employment Minister embodies two reasons why the Government is still afloat – its jobs creation record and under-reported Ministerial loyalty.

WATCH: Clarke says it is “far too soon” to tell how the Independent Group will develop

“Everything really depends on whether either of the two major parties, the Conservatives or the Labour Party, can put themselves back together.

The defectors are wrong. The Conservatives aren’t shifting to the right. They are mired in the mixed middle.

No less than the ERG, the group of three sees everything through the prism of Brexit – which, let it not be forgotten, they voted to support themselves.

Interview: Francois insists that the ERG wants the backstop ditched altogether – not tweaked

“In my personal opinion, Olly Robbins should go to the Tower, in which case he should arrive by river.”

No Deal can’t be “taken off the table”

The only way of ruling it out is to change the table itself: in other words, to abandon Brexit, or prepare to – as Remainers should admit.

Andrew Gimson’s Commons sketch: Nobody is yet saying “Send for Corbyn”

But the Prime Minister had to proceed with caution in the No Confidence debate, in order to arouse no suspicion that she might seek moderate Labour votes.

Andrew Gimson’s Commons sketch: Tory MPs fear Bercow is betraying Brexit

The anger expressed on the Conservative benches reflected the anger felt in many a humble home.

The 17 Conservative MPs who voted for the Grieve’s amendment today

The Speaker defied all precedent to allow an amendment which forces the Prime Minister to present the Commons with a ‘Plan B’ much sooner than planned.