So today:
Theresa May has promised to resign as PM if MP's vote for her deal. Looks like Rees Mogg, Johnson etc will probably now vote for it and a 3rd vote could be closer. But the DUP are still holding firm on not accepting a deal with the current backstop arrangement.
MPs have taken control of the house and are debating 5 or 6 different strategies. Corbyn has whipped his MP's into not voting for the revoking article 50 option. Personally I agree with this - article 50 should only be revoked if the people have a final say.
The votes are being held on the following options:
Quote
No-deal Brexit - Leave the EU on 12 April without a deal - Tory MP John Baron
Common Market 2.0 - The UK joins the European Economic Area and negotiates a temporary customs union until alternative arrangements can be found - Tory MP Nick Boles
EFTA/EEA - Similar to Common Market 2.0 but rejects any kind of customs union with the EU and says the Irish backstop must be replaced with alternative arrangements - Tory MP George Eustice
Customs union - Calls for the UK to negotiate a permanent customs union with the EU after Brexit - Tory MP Ken Clarke
Labour's alternative plan - A customs union with the EU and "close alignment" with the single market - Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn
Revoke Article 50 - Cancel Brexit if the UK gets within days of leaving without a deal. MPs would be asked to vote on a no-deal exit and if they rejected that, Article 50 would be revoked - SNP MP Joanna Cherry
Confirmatory public vote - Parliament cannot ratify or implement any agreement on the UK's withdrawal and future relationship "unless and until they have been approved by the people of the UK in a confirmatory public ballot" - Labour MP Margaret Beckett
Malthouse Plan B - The UK makes its budgetary contributions to the EU to the end of 2020 and agrees with the EU a period of two years in which UK goods have full access to the EU - Tory MP Marcus Fysh
I'm 100% for the Confirmatory public vote option at this point. Due to the mess we're in I'm fully converted to the idea that the people must be consulted before choosing the next step. My next favourite options are negotiating a customs union; either Clarke or Corbyn's, but not negotiated under a Corbyn government.
After the voting is done, the following possibilities are:
