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MPs from across the House turn on Theresa May

In the Prime Minister’s statement to the House, Theresa May did her best to insist that despite an impasse in the Brexit negotiations it was business as normal. However, for all May’s claims that the differences between the UK and the EU were solvable, the hostile questions that followed from MPs showed just how hard it would be to get any deal through Parliament.

Jeremy Corbyn’s attempts to say that the government’s ‘Groundhog Day’ Brexit plans would fail Labour’s six Brexit tests were met with laughter and derision. The Leader of the Opposition’s shouty performance gave the beleaguered Prime Minister little reason for worry. However, the questions from the backbenchers did. The Prime Minister found herself under siege from all sides as Labour MPs, Tory Remainers and Tory Brexiteers all joined forces to criticise the current state of play.

Iain Duncan Smith was left visibly disappointed when May dodged his question asking by what means the UK could choose to leave a temporary customs backstop.

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