On a monumental day in parliament, Anushka Asthana is with the Conservative MP Anna Soubry as she works across traditional party boundaries to defeat Theresa May’s Brexit deal. Political editor Heather Stewart explains what happens now
Plus: the Guardian’s Simon Hattenstone on his time following the Leave Means Leave campaign group
On a monumental day in Westminster for British politics and Brexit, Anushka Asthana follows the action through the eyes of one of the key Conservative rebels. For two years, Anna Soubry has railed against Brexit and her party leader, Theresa May. Today she was one of 432 MPs who voted to reject the prime minister’s EU withdrawal bill, sending her own government deeper into crisis.
Soubry describes her cross-party cooperation with opposition MPs, the abuse and death threats she has received and the future of the Conservative party in one of the most divisive periods of its existence.
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