the e.u. to try and get them to soften their stance on the most contentious of issues. the thing many m.p.s are against is the structuring of the irish backstop arrangement for the border between ireland and northern ireland. >> let's go to anna nauer at 10 downing street. i know you have some headlines. this news has just come through about the court and the european you're i don't kn union, so that won't be read into this. let's look at how this vote is being received and how it's being reported on. >> reporter: rosemary, increasingly it looks like the vote will happen. downing street has been adamant about that. over the weekend, the reports were that surely theresa may would delay this vote because she's almost certainly going to lose it. and the focus is now on the fact that she's likely to lose it, what will happen to the prime minister next. i can show you some headlines we have from the times, may to face leadership battle over brexit deal. here we have the daily mirror. end of may's rein agn.