Britain’s snap election backfires on Prime Minister Theresa May

“That was not the result that we secured”.

“Britain’s exit from the European Union will continue regardless of the political turmoil likely to be created by the election results”.

Polling day on Thursday delivered a slap to May, leaving her eight seats short of the 326-seat mark for an overall majority.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn called on May to resign but she said the country needed stability and her party would ensure it was maintained.Labour looks set to make 33 gains with the Tories losing 15 seats – and the SNP down by 22 seats in a bad night for Nicola Sturgeon, with her party losing seats to the Tories.

The Telegraph newspaper said senior Conservatives including Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, interior minister Amber Rudd and Brexit minister David Davis were taking soundings over whether to seek to oust May.

After a meeting with Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, May promised to keep pushing forward to “fulfill the promise of Brexit”.

The shock result thrust Northern Ireland’s centre-right DUP into the role of kingmaker, with its 10 seats enough to give the Conservatives a fragile but workable partnership. “This will allow us to come together as a country and channel our energies towards a successful Brexit deal”.

Donald Tusk, president of the European Council, added: “We don’t know when Brexit talks start”. There are significant policy differences between the DUP and the Conservatives, and leader Arlene Foster, has been mired in controversy over an energy deal that will cost taxpayers around $750 million.

Rachel Sheard, who cast her vote near the site of the London Bridge attack, said the election certainly wasn’t about Brexit.

“We are ready to do everything we can to put our programme into operation”, he said. “This is ideal for them, they don’t want us to leave”. “Do your best to avoid a “no deal” as result of “no negotiations”. “With a weak negotiating partner, there’s a danger that the (Brexit) negotiations will turn out badly for both sides”.

A former DUP minister once defended a catholic preacher who compared Islam to Satanism. “That’s exactly why she wanted a majority, so she wouldn’t be at risk of small groups within Parliament undermining her capacity to govern”.

It is the third time Britons have been called to vote since 2015, twice for a general election and once for the European Union referendum, and voter fatigue appeared to be an issue for some.

“In my view it may well just be a period of transition”, she told LBC radio.

As reported in the Guardian, the DUP are against same-sex marriage, they are anti-abortion, and they are climate change deniers.

Mr Leslie said Labour missed an “open goal” as he had “never known” a more beatable prime minister than Theresa May.

Instead, her election gamble has failed and she and her Conservative party have been weakened, with many on Friday questioning May’s future as prime minister. “And I don’t feel like the current prime minister or, indeed, the Tory party, has any idea about what to do with Brexit at the moment”. The Conservatives did manage to increase their share of the vote to 42.4 per cent, as did Labour, which received 40 per cent. The Scottish National Party is projected to win 34 seats, the Liberal Democrats 14 seats, and other parties 22 seats.

“We don’t really think she has a mandate to now, she’s really made a fool of herself and really, quite frankly, she should step aside and let us have a go”.