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Theresa May stumbles awkwardly to election day

As the UK go to polls on Thursday, British voters are still trying to figure out their PM

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Katrin Bennhold | NYT Bath
The British prime minister’s blue battle bus had just arrived for a campaign stop at a factory when the booing started.

A motley crew of protesters, among them anti-fox-hunting activists and beret-wearing pro-Europeans, greeted Theresa May by playing “Liar, Liar,” the anti-May tune that has become one of the top 100 songs on the U.K. iTunes store, on repeat. Inside Cross Manufacturing, an aerospace supplier, the blue-collar workers broke into applause only after a questioner asked whether her refusal to debate other candidates on television was a sign of fear and weakness.

“Every vote for me is a vote for the strong