from the president of the european council, donald tusk, saying i will appeal to the eu 27 to be open to a long extension if the uk finds it necessary to rethink its brexit strategy and build consensus around it. very interesting tweet from donald tusk talking about the possibility of a long extension, the thought of extension that theresa may is about at this stage is just until the end ofjune. we will see how things pan out today and talk to adam fleming in strasbourg and a couple of minutes. but first let's catch up with a reality check correspondent, chris morris. good morning. what other technicalities of getting an extension if that is indeed what mps vote for tonight? article 50 is article 50 of the lisbon treaty which sets out how a country lisbon treaty which sets out how a cou ntry leaves lisbon treaty which sets out how a country leaves the eu and a lot of the language is quite vague. it is clear about one thing. the two yet initial negotiating period which i’u ns initial...

european union. we need to focus relentlessly as a house of commons oi'i relentlessly as a house of commons on how we are going to come together around a way forward. the prime minister's deal in my view is a perfectly sensible way forward. it does involve people compromising. it doesn't give everybody exactly what they wanted. but i can predict with a high degree of certainty that the outcome of this process is going to mean an awful lot of us are not going to get exactly what we would have wanted but we have to be mature about this and form a compromise that the house of commons can get behind, otherwise the nation can't move forward. the other thing in the mix is we are hearing tittle tattle that the attorney—general, geoffrey cox, could be looking to revisit aspects of his legal advice to give some kind of reassurance to brexiteers, because obviously when heissued brexiteers, because obviously when he issued his initial negative legal advice, the bombshell that he dropped on the...