A day full of claim and counter-claim. The EU, naturally. Day began with a run and then in for an early session of our European Scrutiny Committee. I spoke to several colleagues about EU negotiations and the views were mixed. The PM, though, made it very clear during PMQs when she repeated on at least five occasions that the UK was going to leave the single market and the customs union. My friend and colleague Jacob Rees-Mogg was called and asked the PM whether the red lines needed a little more paint as they were looking slightly pink! With EU negotiators determined to spread uncertainty in the hope the UK will return to the fold, it is not surprising that nerves are on edge. I feel sorry for David Davis, though, who is doing all the negotiating. That must be hard when the other side are not prepared to be reasonable, indeed will do anything to keep us in. My personal view is that no deal will be properly struck until after we have left in March 2019. There'll be nothing less to squabble about then as we'll have gone. Naturally, Corbyn focused his six questions on what Labour claims is a shambles. That's a little bit rich from a man who desperately wants to nationalize the railways and utilities but cannot do so until we leave the EU. He's playing political games at a time our country needs unity and God help us all if he and his fellow Marxists ever get the keys to No 10. I had several other private meetings with colleagues as the committee stage of the EU Withdrawal Bill continued through the House. Preparing for a late evening, we were all pleasantly surprised when the votes came at about 2115.