Moments before the vote on Wednesday night, Stephen Kinnock asked MPs to vote on his amendment, which would create a vote on Mrs May‘s long-dead deal.

Then, in bizarre scenes, the Labour MP‘s amendment was approved automatically because nobody from the government volunteered to count the ‚no‘ votes.

This means that due to a technicality, the amendment is now part of the Bill and will become law if it is passed by the House of Lords.