The most telling and, it may turn out, the most significant Brexit vote in the House of Lords on Monday was not one of the ones the government lost, but the one it won.

I disapproved of all of Monday’s opposition amendments, regarding the proposal to give parliament a “meaningful vote” on the final deal as unnecessary and constitutionally inappropriate. But in the end, the decision on Brexit will not be made in the Lords, it will be made in the Commons. As it should be.

And that is why I was most struck by the only vote the government won. It exposes what might happen when MPs vote later this year on the terms of our departure from the European Union. The details may