Welcome. Welcome to F.T. politics, a weekly discussion on what's happening in Westminster from the Financial Times.

I'm Sebastian Payne. This week we'll be discussing yet another defeat for Theresa May in the House of Commons and its impact on her negotiating plans. Plus, we'll be discussing whether the Labour MPs are about to break away and form the long-awaited

new British Centrist Party.

I'm delighted to be joined by our political editor George Parker, Whitehall editor James

Blitz, columnist Robert Shrimsley and Deputy Peane Editor Miranda Green.

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leave us a nice review. It should have been a straightforward week for Theresa May.

The Prime Minister promised to bring another Brexit vote to the House of Commons, and what

was a meaningless motion turned into another humiliation, as 67 Conservative MPs rebelled against

the government to go against her negotiating efforts.

And worryingly for the Prime Minister, it was both hardline remainers and Brexiters

uniting to give her a bloody nose.

So James Blitz let's just look at what actually went on in the chamber this week on Thursday evening because Theresa May,

we had the big vote with all the series of amendments a couple of weeks ago,

and the Prime Minister managed to co-ert of a slim and shaky majority around Sir Grey and Brady's amendment which requested changes to the backstop and potentially alternative arrangements.

The Prime Minister said she would come back in two weeks and

she was doing that to keep people in her government. There were remainers who were

saying I am about to quit. She said well don't quit. I'm going to give you

another opportunity to vote what happened?

Well basically, Seab it all went wrong,

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