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Brexit: Order! order! A minute-by-minute guide to UK Parliament votes

By Tuesday evening, Parliament will have been debating Theresa May's Brexit deal for five days

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Robert Hutton and Kitty Donaldson | Bloomberg
“The ayes to the right...” That’s how Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow will begin announcing the result of the vote that could determine Britain’s future, and could very well seal Theresa May’s fate.

But amid the flummery of the British Parliament, where members cannot address each other by name, and the security is provided by men in tights, how can you tell who’s actually won and lost? Even veterans of the system can be caught out by procedure, and lately, they’ve been disagreeing about whether May can pull the vote at the last minute. Assuming she doesn’t, here’s