I think it fair to say that the government’s proposals to outlaw the ‘glorification’ of terrorism are as near dead in the water as makes no difference.
The record will show that they won the division by a single vote, 300 to 299, a result which will have us all pouring over the list tomorrow to identify the rebels and take a long hard look at the absentees.
In practice, however, a one vote majority is not going to be enough to face down opposition in the House of Lord; the usual arguments about the Lord blocking the will of the Commons simply isn’t going to fly on a vote won by the narrowest possible margin, making it a certainty that government will have to accept either a heavily amended version of the clause or let it fall entirely if they are to get the rest of the bill through Parliament.