EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO MERCHANDISING Mandatory Credit: Photo by Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock (8459186h) Lord Michael Howard 'Good Morning Britain' TV show, London, UK - 02 Mar 2017 BREXIT BLOODY NOSE - TOM Lord Michael Howard The government has been defeated after the House of Lords said ministers should guarantee EU nationals' right to stay in the UK after Brexit. The vote, by 358 to 256, is the first Parliamentary defeat for the government's Brexit bill. However, MPs will be able to remove their changes when the bill returns to the House of Commons.