MPs tonight told of the "difficult situation" being faced by the country after Theresa May’s Brexit deal suffered its second defeat in the Commons.
The Prime Minister suffered a humiliating defeat by 149 votes in the first of a possible three days of Parliament voting on Brexit.
After the embarrassing loss, Mrs May told the House she "profoundly regrets" the decision by MPs and "continues to believe that by far the best outcome is that the UK leaves the EU in an orderly fashion with a deal."
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn called for a general election after the result, which is the fourth largest ever in the Commons.
Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry tweeted: "May's deal defeated by 149. What makes me angriest isn't that Theresa May's flogged the same horse that's been dead since December expecting a different result, but that she's wasted 3 crucial months in the process. That is what's unforgivable."
Chairman of the Conservative 1922 committee Sir Graham Brady told BBC News: "It's a very difficult situation now.
"I felt very strongly it's really time now to move forward and for us to demonstrate we can get on with this and give the country some of the certainty and clarity that people crave.
"The danger, now, I think over the next couple of days is that things might get more confusing rather than more straightforward."
Laurence Robertson said: "I had to vote against the Withdrawal Agreement this evening as it wasn’t significantly different from the one I voted against a few weeks ago. It still risks tying us to the EU indefinitely, without any say on the way it’s run. People voted to leave."
Labour's Stephanie Peacock, who also voted against the deal, said Mrs May had "failed to sufficiently improve the deal" and would not risk the livelihoods of her constituents "to vote through a botched deal."
Parliament will vote tomorrow on whether a no-deal scenario is an acceptable way forward, with a further vote earmarked for Thursday on whether Brexit should be delayed.
