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That's not the really big news though, the big news is that Benn's amendment that would have put the deal in the hands of Parliament was defeated by 2 votes (as well as an amendment on a second vote being thoroughly defeated after Labour wouldn't back it)
Either of those passing would have been absolute disaster for the Government and probably the final death for this iteration of Brexit - now she at least has some momentum on her side, and the EU can probably use the threat of an extension past the EU elections to finally get her deal through the Commons. The motion to extend was always going to pass - this is the first good news that May has had in a long time.
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