Welcome to FT Politics, a weekly discussion on what's happening in Westminster from the Financial Times.

I'm Sebastian Payne.

This week we'll be discussing the latest series of big Brexit votes in the House of Commons

and what, if anything, Theresa May can hope to achieve in her next round of talks with the EU.

I'm delighted to be joined by our Whitehall editor James Blitz, Brussels Bureau Chief Alex Barker,

Deputy Appeen Editor-Green, and columnist Robert Shrimsley.

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Tuesday proved to be another seismic moment in the House of Commons in its efforts to unlock

the Brexit stalemate.

No less than seven amendments were tabled and voted on by MPs in their efforts to move Theresa

May's hand, and generally it was a good evening for the Prime Minister.

The House may have voted against a notion or no deal Brexit,

but it didn't back an amendment that would have given it the ability to stop it.

And Mrs. May managed to coalesce a slim if shaky majority around another amendment

that said the House would back her deal if only that blighted Irish border backstop would somehow change.

Sir James Blitz, as I said there, Theresa May actually had a pretty good night in the House

of Commons because MPs didn't remove that crucial card that Prime Minister has desperately held

on to that the UK could leave without a deal

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