LIVE: Theresa May battles through final hours to fight off historic Brexit deal defeat

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08:35: Michael Gove warns MPs: "winter is coming"

08:35: Michael Gove warns MPs: "winter is coming"

Good morning! And welcome to Business Insider's live coverage of the meaningful vote.

We'll be providing minute-by-minute updates all day and through the night as Theresa May braces for herself for a potentially massive rejection of her Brexit deal.

Environment Secretarty and supporter of May's deal, Michael Gove, just told BBC Radio 4 that if MPs vote it down this evening, "in the words of Jon Snow, 'winter is coming'."

The leading Brexiteer was quoting the Games Of Thrones character, not the Channel 4 host.

May has warned that if Parliament does not accept her deal then chaos will be unleashed on the country, with a strong possibility of Brexit being cancelled altogether.

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