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Overcompensate by winning over her hard liners. >> then he calls a new election thinking that will give her a man did, and that doesn't really work. >> not only did it not work, she turned out to be a dismal campaigner and the conservative party lost its governing majority and had to govern as a minority party in coalition. she took a bad hand she was dealt and played it very badly. she made two important pivots at the 11th hour of the process. one of them was to reach across the aisle and try to work with labor, sen tryst and labor to cobble together a kras portaccr coalition. and the second ...

That she just didn't gain anything, and she lost her core constituents. >> the big message, the big lesson to me, ellen, is that at the end of the day, the tory party is now dominated by people who really do want to leave europe. in other words, may's strategy was to confront them with the bitter medicine that we might just have to jump off this cliff. and essentially they're saying fine, let's jump off. let's have a hard brexit. that's better than any of these softer variations. >> right. but it's important to remember when the country decided to take the path of leaving the eu, a no-deal exi...

The e.u. is a humiliating deal for great britain and parliament rejected this deal 118 conservative mps voted against it. the prime minister has to declare that she's going to move forward with a no deal and declare that once brexit is implemented in march, that she will step down in favor of a new conservative prime minister that will lead britain in the brexit era. this is a prime minister that is living on borrowed time in downey street. her support is eroding by the day. we do need to have new strong leadership in great britain. leadership that is fully committed to the brexit process. a n...

Triggered a no confidence vote in parliament. tonight's vote may determine her future to remain the head of her party. let's bring in nile gardiner the director of the margaret thatcher center at the heritage foundation. she is putting out a big warning there to those who want her out. what the implications are for the future of brexit. what would the fallout be if she is voted out? >> well, if theresa may is voted out there will be a leadership contest within the conservative party and you'll see a new conservative prime minister coming in in january. this doesn't mean that the government wil...

Now in what could be one of the closest general elections the nation has ever seen. and the results of today's vote are likely to reshape the country's politics dramatically. nbc's jim meseda is live in londo london. can you tell us how things are going and how people feel about this? >> reporter: it all comes down to this. 44 million brittons could cast their votes for hundreds of parliament seats. but just who will lead britain for these troubled times may not be known for weeks. what was to be a shoo-in victory for britain's conservative party and its charismatic leader david cameron has tu...