Amid a tumultuous week of Brexit negotiations, Beaconsfield MP Dominic Grieve writes exclusively to Bucks Free Press readers:

In another of those twists of fate which has accompanied the Brexit story, the House of Commons met on Friday 29 March to vote on the next steps forward, on the day when all, according to a ‘perfect’ schedule, would have been resolved and the end of this tortuous process had been reached.

Earlier in the week, Members of the House had already taken part in and voted on a debate of eight ‘indicative’ motions to determine what the will of Parliament would be about how this impasse could be resolved.

Even then, there was no clear outcome.

On 29 March, even the substance of the motion itself had to be divided into two, a metaphor in a story which began with the closely-balanced result of the Referendum in 2016 on whether we should Leave or Remain.

We are still a House and a country divided and the fault lines are still there despite the best efforts of everyone involved to reconcile those differences.

For me, nowhere has this situation been mirrored more keenly than in my Parliamentary constituency. This also reached a crescendo on 29 March.

MPs are indeed there to serve their constituents, but it is the duty of anyone undertaking a task in these circumstances not to be an automaton but to apply their own thoughts and experience on behalf of their constituents.

I do not wish to be at odds with my constituency party which has supported me over many years, but I believe strongly that there are flaws in the withdrawal agreement and the deal, which would be best resolved by taking the whole issue back to a further referendum so that we can go ahead with that compact between Parliament and people.