U.K. Parliament Rejects Theresa May’s Brexit Deal In Pivotal Vote

Demonstrators, both for and against Brexit, present their placards and flags Monday outside the Houses of Parliament in London

Updated at 5:24 p.m. ET

With the U.K. fast approaching the March 29 deadline for when it will leave the European Union, the prospects for an orderly, on-time Brexit — or even any Brexit at all — have dimmed considerably. On Tuesday evening, British lawmakers rejected the deal Prime Minister Theresa May had reached with the EU, opening a Pandora’s box of possible outcomes to be considered in the weeks to come.

And the result of the critical vote wasn’t even particularly close.