Suddenly, soft Brexit can happen. Thank the Lords | Martin Kettle

The assault on the Brexit bill – inspired by the Duke of Wellington – has emboldened Tory moderates. This could be their momentNext week the EU withdrawal bill finally emerges from the House of Lords. The bill is now a very different piece of legislation to the one launched in the Commons by David Davis last September. It was significantly amended in the Commons just before Christmas. Now the Lords have fundamentally transformed it. MPs must therefore decide what to do with the many