Copeland MP Trudy Harrison has described the current Brexit situation as being "torn between a pig's ear, a dog's dinner, or a cat's arse".

On Tuesday night, Mrs Harrison voted for Theresa May's Brexit deal and last night voted against taking no deal permanently off the table.

Speaking to the BBC, Mrs Harrison said: "We were just discussing in my office, actually, how we would describe the current situation.

"Using good old Cumbrian terminology, we were really torn between whether it's a pig's ear, a dog's dinner, or a cat's arse."

When asked what she meant by that statement, Mrs Harrison said: "What I mean by that is where do we go next?

"So I voted for the deal last night. I'm not relishing a no deal but I won't be taking it off the table tonight. I really hope that colleagues can get together.

"We all want the same thing. We want a successful UK.

"The country voted out and that's what we should do but we should do so in a way that also delivers the successful United Kingdom that we all want."

Speaking to the Whitehaven News, Trudy explained that the comments she made referred to “the total uncertainty” of whether or not we will ever leave the EU.

"I’m at a loss because like 17.4 million other people I voted to leave, I want to leave, I think we should leave and at every opportunity I have voted to leave,” she said.

“I just wish others had done the same. The challenge as I see it, is that MPs have not perceived the vote on the withdrawal agreement as a binary choice, unlike the 2016 referendum.

“So MPs have been thinking that a vote against the agreement will provide the opportunity to have their own version of leaving, or not leaving at all.

Until we are faced with the reality of the fact that most MPs do not want to leave at all, and some will do all they can to stop us leaving, we will continue to suffer uncertainty and our Brexit slipping away. Wednesday’s vote was whether to extend Article 50 - postponing Brexit pending further agreement with the EU. “

Today's vote is whether to extend Article 50 - postponing Brexit pending further agreement with the EU.