"A defiant Prime Minister Theresa May vowed Friday to form a government to lead Britain out of the EU despite losing her majority in a snap general election and facing calls to resign."What the country needs more than ever is certainty," the Conservative leader said after the shock outcome of Thursday's vote.
May had called the election three years early in a bid to strengthen her hand in looming Brexit negotiations, but her gamble backfired spectacularly.
With all but one of 650 seats declared, the centre-right party had the most votes and the most seats but lost its majority in the House of Commons.
Sterling plunged against the dollar and the euro as the election result created even more uncertainty over the whole Brexit process.
May sought permission Friday from head of state Queen Elizabeth II to form a minority government, supported by Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party (DUP).
In a statement outside Downing Street, the 60-year-old premier promised to "fulfil the promise of Brexit"."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/shadow-terror-british-election-tighter-expected-061946721.html
May had called the election three years early in a bid to strengthen her hand in looming Brexit negotiations, but her gamble backfired spectacularly.
With all but one of 650 seats declared, the centre-right party had the most votes and the most seats but lost its majority in the House of Commons.
Sterling plunged against the dollar and the euro as the election result created even more uncertainty over the whole Brexit process.
May sought permission Friday from head of state Queen Elizabeth II to form a minority government, supported by Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party (DUP).
In a statement outside Downing Street, the 60-year-old premier promised to "fulfil the promise of Brexit"."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/shadow-terror-british-election-tighter-expected-061946721.html