we'll speak to lord adonis and peter oborne.nd stephen smith moves into his new pad — a micro—flat of tiny proportions. this is going to be the best. can i just see if i would fit in. as you say, no mattress. but it is the right size. you are rather talli wouldn't say it was roomy, but i do fit in the slot. good evening. westminster is tonight in a febrile state. in the lobbies the talk is of backstops, amendments, and possible resignations over brexit. what does all that mean? essentially that the prime minister has still not managed to rally her cabinet around a unified position and — yes, we've heard it before — that something or someone will have to give. at times today there were predictions of the imminent resignation of david davis, the brexit secretary. well, he hasn't gone, not yet anyway. what does the rest of the eu think of all this? we'll come to that in a moment. but first our political editor, nick watt, is here to decode the days events. what has been happening? we have a very public cabinet show down on brexit a