Theresa May (centre) went down to a historic defeat in the House of Commons (bottom right) last night, as her withdrawal agreement with Brussels was defeated by 432 votes to 202. Moments after the result was announced Jeremy Corbyn announced he would table a no-confidence motion, which MPs will vote on tonight, in a bid to force a general election. But the PM's DUP allies led by Arlene Foster (inset), former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson (top right) and backbench ringleader Jacob Rees-Mogg (left) have all pledged to support her, meaning she is likely to survive. The DUP's Sammy Wilson said the party wanted to 'get the government back on track' and would back Mrs May, while Mr Rees-Mogg said last night: 'I will be supporting the Prime Minister'. Mr Johnson said he 'certainly shall' vote for the PM in Wednesday night's vote, saying he did not want Mr Corbyn in office instead. Left inset: a breakdown of how the parties voted, with some 118 Conservative MPs breaking ranks to oppose the PM’s deal with the EU. 

Brexit Vote: Parliament Rejects Theresa May’s Plan. May Faces a No-Confidence Vote.

• Just 10 weeks before Britain is scheduled to leave the E.U., Prime Minister Theresa May suffered a humiliating defeat over her withdrawal plan.
• The 432-to-202 vote to reject the plan was one of the biggest defeats in the House of Commons for a prime minister in recent British history.
• Immediately after the vote, the Labour Party leader said he was offering a motion of no confidence, citing the “sheer incompetence of this government.”
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• He says the government has consistently failed to reach out to other parties.
  He says the government should accept that the UK will stay in the customs union for good, that a no-deal Brexit is not an option and that the rights of EU nationals will be accepted.
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• May says MPs will get chance to debate no-confidence motion tomorrow

  Theresa May is making a statement to MPs now.

  She says the result tells us what MPs do not want, but not what they want. She says she will first ensure MPs can see if they still have confidence in the government. If Jeremy Corbyn tables a no-confidence motion, it will get debated tomorrow. And if he does not, the government will allow other opposition parties to table a motion.

  • May says MPs will get the chance to debate a motion of no-confidence tomorrow.

  
  

  She says she will then hold talks with the other parties to see what solution might be acceptable.

  And she says she will go back to the EU to consider new plans.

  • May says she will hold talks with the opposition parties about an alternative Brexit approach.

  
  
• So what happens now? 
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Tusk urges UK to consider cancelling Brexit

Donald Tusk, the president of the European council, has posted this on Twitter. He seems to be urging the UK to consider cancelling Brexit.

Donald Tusk

✔@eucopresident

If a deal is impossible, and no one wants no deal, then who will finally have the courage to say what the only positive solution is?

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