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If the party want her out then they have to:
a) pressure her to resign and trigger a leadership contest
b) lose the vote of no confidence (in the Government) that triggers a GE, and May would be forced to resign in shame
c) take the nuclear option and have some Tories abstain or even vote against her in the vote of no confidence (in the Government) - unprecedented
d) something else I haven't thought ofAll this takes time, and lots of it and the clock is ticking, in reality at that point it's revoke A50 or no deal bat shit mental brexit.
There is no way the Tories are going to revoke A50, there is no way they could sell that to the alt right lynch mob that is the UK press, the mail would be issuing kill lists on the front page the next day, it would be total electrical suicide for them.
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Exactly, voting against May's deal is one thing, voting your party out of power is a completely different thing.
However, since May survived her vote of no confidence (in her) before Christmas she's immune for another year in that respect.
If the party want her out then they have to:
a) pressure her to resign and trigger a leadership contest
b) lose the vote of no confidence (in the Government) that triggers a GE, and May would be forced to resign in shame
c) take the nuclear option and have some Tories abstain or even vote against her in the vote of no confidence (in the Government) - unprecedented
d) something else I haven't thought of
The threat of (b) happening or them actively doing (c) may be what is required to force (a).
In reality, I think she'll stick around for even longer. When May's deal is voted down (Tuesday if it all goes ahead as normal) then Parliament should get to vote on the various options (no deal, another deal - based on different red lines, Norway plus, remain, second ref possibly, etc). She can always cling on to the "I was just trying to implement the will of the people" line which she has been spouting all along so far which, I think, she is hoping means she is isolated from the outcome despite choosing many of the red lines (none of which were on the original referendum ballot paper).
Labour have to move pretty swiftly after Tuesday's vote, or when the vote(s) on the various options is due to take place. [EDIT] As said above, their position does not seem to be fleshed out at all, and if they leave it too late they may not be able to communicate their position quickly enough to persuade the electorate.