The Attorney General’s claim that it would not be in the national interest to reveal his legal advice was defeated in the Commons.
That said, there was more backing for her from her party than some of today’s headlines suggest.
It was, of course, back when he expected that his side was going to win. His party appears not to have taken the advice.
Davis defied the Lords by carrying the Commons, but could not talk round Clegg.
Most of the latter are used to trying to stop rebellions, not start them.
The Chancellor, who was standing in for the PM, sounded stiff, over-prepared and ungenerous.
Plus: Boris’s multiple problems. The Chancellor’s dodgy figures. Euro referendum recriminations everywhere. And: SNP MPs in white Y-front shreddies.
Plus: The Parliamentary Awayday. Matt Hancock is bitten by a police alsatian – but as Fabricant observed, the dog should live!
Therese Coffey carried out young Gavin Williamson, the PM’s ADC, who was tired and emotional, in a fireman’s lift. He hasn’t been seen since.
After a painful week – including attempts to unseat Cummings – Steve Baker acts as peacemaker and urges a ceasefire.
Plus: Boris’s party is raided by the Vice and Drugs Squads. The Home Secretary says it was “a police operational decision”
They will be considered in the Commons this week – and would have the effect of undermining the Prime Minister’s negotiation.