Boris Johnson fails to get enough votes to trigger early election

MPs have backed the motion by 299 votes to 70 - leaving Boris Johnson 135 votes short of the votes he needed for this division to have force.

Reading out the result, John Bercow says this technically means “the noes have it”.

the govt is expected to immediately table a one-line bill to get around the FTPA. it seems lib-dems might be on board with this. this one-line bill will be subject to amendments if i understand this correctly. stay tuned.