While everyone obsessed over the blunder-filled launch of Boris Johnson’s leadership launch, on Wednesday the UK shifted significantly closer to crashing out of the EU.

Indeed, amid all the madness of the race to replace Theresa May in Number 10, it’s likely you missed a vote in parliament which, to the average onlooker, probably didn’t look *that* exciting. 

Led by Labour, a cross-party group of MPs had launched a bid to take control of the parliamentary agenda on June 25. So far, so dull, right? 

Wrong. The group had hoped to use their control of parliament’s timetable to block the next Conservative prime minister from forcing a no-deal Brexit. 

The fact that they lost the vote 298 to 309 means the UK is one step closer to leaving the EU without a deal on October 31, with many of the Tory MPs vying to occupy Downing Street promising to push the UK out of the EU “deal or no-deal” on Halloween. 

If you’ve forgotten exactly what each of the candidates is promising over Brexit, here’s what each of them have pledged. 

Michael Gove

Gove falls somewhere in the middle of the pack when it comes to no-deal, having previously said he would delay Brexit “weeks or days after October 31” if the UK was on the cusp of striking a deal with the EU.

However, he tweeted on Tuesday that while he would prefer to leave the European Union with a “better deal”, he would not rule out a no-deal Brexit.

“If ultimately it came to a choice between no deal and no Brexit, I would choose no deal.”

Matt Hancock

The health secretary has ruled out a no-deal Brexit, saying there is no way parliament will allow it. Instead, Hancock wants to renegotiate the political declaration – which outlines the future relationship between the UK and the EU – and put a time-limit on the backstop.

Hancock has said that if he becomes PM, he will put his plan to the Commons “immediately” in order to get a mandate and show the EU the plan is deliverable.

Mark Harper 

Mark Harper – who used to be chief whip – has said that it was “not possible or credible” to leave the EU with a new deal by October 31, the current Brexit deadline. However, he reckons that if he was PM, he could find a majority for a no-deal Brexit – but only if the government had “strained every sinew” to strike a new plan with the EU.

Jeremy Hunt

Despite voting Remain in 2016 and insisting he would prefer to leave with an agreement, Hunt has said that with a “heavy heart” he would pull the UK out of the EU without a deal “as a last resort”.

However, he said that as parliament is clearly against no-deal, any leader promising to leave by a certain date without an agreement would be forced to call a general election. “If we fight an election before delivering Brexit, we will be annihilated,” he said.

Sajid Javid

Javid has made it clear that he wants the UK to leave the EU on October 31 – preferably with a deal. However, he has vowed to pick no-deal over no Brexit if faced with the choice.

“The three things that we need to deliver, which are absolutely essential, (are) Brexit by the end of October this year, unifying the country – that’s bringing people together – keeping Corbyn out of Number 10,” he said.

Boris Johnson

Johnson – who resigned as foreign secretary over Theresa May’s Brexit plan – has vowed to take the UK out of the EU on October 31 “deal or no deal”.

“Kick the can again and we kick the bucket,” he told Tory members at the launch of his leadership campaign, saying to delay Brexit again would lead to Jeremy Corbyn in Downing Street.

“The longer it goes on, the worse the risk that there will be serious contamination and loss of confidence because the people of this country deserve the best from their leader,” Johnson said.

Andrea Leadsom

A staunch Brexiteer, Leadsom – who resigned from the government in May over the PM’s Brexit plan – has said the October 31 Brexit deadline is a “hard red line” that will be met in “all circumstances”.

However, she said would pursue a “managed no-deal” if she was selected as leader.

“What I’m suggesting is making an offer to the EU for things that were already agreed in the withdrawal agreement that will enable us to leave with a managed exit,” Leadsom said.

Esther McVey 

A hardline Brexiteer who resigned from government over May’s Brexit deal, McVey has vowed to deliver Brexit on October 31 “deal or no-deal”.

Meanwhile, she said she will use “every tool at my disposal” to get the UK out of the European Union – including suspending parliament to force through a no-deal.

“I would use every tool at my disposal, so it would include that,” McVey said about prorogation. “I’m saying it wouldn’t be my priority and I wouldn’t be looking to do that.”

Dominic Raab

Former Brexit secretary Raab has insisted he is the best man to get the UK out of the Brexit deadlock. Like BoJo, Raab has insisted that the UK must leave the EU deal or no-deal, comparing ruling out no-deal to “taking out a gun, carefully loading a bullet into each chamber, and presenting it to your opposite number with an invitation to use it”.

Rory Stewart 

Stewart has explicitly vowed to take no-deal off the table if he is elected prime minister – and has also dismissed the idea of a second referendum, saying it would only confirm that the country is divided over Brexit. Instead, he has said he would put together a people’s assembly of 500 “normal people” to thrash out a consensus on Brexit that parliament could get behind.