party in the u.k.'s general election. joining me now live from london is nbc news correspondent cal perry. help us understand what is happening on the ground there right now. >> reporter: you know that look, that pundits had on their face november 8, 2016, in the u.s., sort of what is happening here? that was last night here in the u.k. the sweeping victory from the conservative party, i don't think anybody could have predicted. i mean the estimates were that they would take somewhere between 300 and 330 seats, we're looking at more like 360. so this was a mandate vote. brexit will go through january 31st. the prime minister is not going to have any problems there. a lot of people are blaming the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, his unlikable rating in the u.k. was unbelievably high, minus 44, on a scale that goes to 50. so it is a reset election. this is a redefining election for the u.k. this is one of those elections where you sort of redraw the map. one of the big questions here,