UK prime minister makes Cabinet appointments

Arlene Foster, leader of Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party, will also have an important voice as the government will have to rely on her party’s 10 MPs to effectively govern. Earlier, Downing Street had said a preliminary agreement had already been secured.

The DUP is opposed to abortion rights and same-sex marriage.

“The interpretation that we have put on it.is that people voted for three things in essence, control of borders, control of laws, control of money”, Davis told BBC radio.

But Anna Soubry, a Conservative member of parliament who campaigned ahead of last year’s referendum for Britain to stay in the European Union, disagreed.

The Sunday newspapers carried reports that Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson was set to launch a bid to oust her, although he dismissed them as “tripe”.

It comes as Evening Standard editor Mr Osborne twisted the knife in Mrs May this morning an an explosive interview on the Andrew Marr Show.

“I said during the election campaign that if re-elected I would intend to serve a full term”. It would make British exports more price competitive around the world – something that was reflected in a rise in shares for major British companies on Friday.

“In order to deliver that you can’t do that inside the single market, so what do you do, you try and have the best possible access from outside”.

The probability of a clean divorce from the European Union, a so-called “hard Brexit“, can play out in different ways.

In all, 650 members of Britain’s House of Commons will be elected in the vote. That means the DUP would back the government on confidence motions and budget votes, but it’s not a coalition government or a broader pact. Alternatively, the Prime Minister could decide the game is up and quit without a vote.

Concerns will also be raised about the so-called “confidence and supply” agreement with the DUP, which has garnered criticism from several sides following news that the parties were discussing a deal to form a government.

It would increase the influence of pro-British unionists who have struggled for years with nationalists who want Northern Ireland to join a united Ireland. May’s party won 318 seats, 12 fewer than it had before May called a snap election, and eight short of the 326 needed for an outright majority.

During the Northern Irish peace process, they stood their ground against British prime ministers, Irish taoisigh (prime ministers) and United States presidents. Conservative MPs are publicly airing their anger, some calling for her ouster and others demanding radical change in her style of leadership.

Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson, who is gay, was among the first to express disquiet over a deal with the ultra-conservative DUP.

Senior Conservatives said there was no longer support in Parliament for a so-called “hard Brexit” after the party saw its Commons majority wiped out.

However, Jeremy Corbyn proved to be a much more effective figure on the campaign trail than many people expected, and when we had the terrorist attacks in recent weeks, proved extremely effective at combating the right’s normal strength on security issues.

May tried to reassert her shattered authority over the weekend by announcing her new cabinet – with no moves among her top team. May said that he would bring “considerable experience” to the post.

She said: ‘I think it’s good news, because there is no overall majority even if the Conservatives remain in government then they are in an unstable position.

Since Friday’s results, some senior Tories are referring to Ms May as an “interim leader” – and her Cabinet has failed to come out publicly to support her.

“What I’m doing now is actually getting on with the immediate job”.