In shadow of terror, British election tighter than expected

May's Conservative Party and the main opposition Labour Party led by Jeremy Corbyn both campaigned in this election on a commitment to honor the result of the June 2016 referendum, when 52% of voters backed Brexit.

The DUP has reportedly promised to lend the Tories their 10 votes - not in coalition but as a looser arrangement. May will lead a minority government.

Having called an early election in hopes of getting an increased majority that could have strengthened her hand in Britain's exit talks with the EU, May instead saw her majority evaporate completely - leaving her fortunes hanging by a thread and dark clouds over the Brexit negotiations just 10 days before they are due to start.

Mr Corbyn told the Sunday Mirror he would oppose the government all the way. But analysts say a move like that in the short term would threaten the stability of Conservative Party and hinder its efforts in forming a government. This is still on. For instance, 66 entrepreneurs signed an open letter urging politicians to do more to help startups while Scottish SMEs said they felt ignored during the campaign.

The Labour Party, led by Jeremy Corbyn, had a surprise gain in the snap election, eating away at the Conservative Party's majority. Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka of the Czech Republic told Czech Television that "now it will be necessary to wait for who will form a government and what this government will bring to negotiations over Brexit", Reuters reports.

The republican party's leader at Stormont, Michelle O'Neill, predicted the deal between the Tories and the DUP would "end in tears".

Thursday's surprise results set off political chaos in the nation, whose citizens voted last June to leave the European Union after a heated campaign. "I would have thought that is enough for her to go, actually".

The results confounded those who said Corbyn was electorally toxic.

Theresa May suffered the loss of her two closest aides as they paid the price for the disastrous General Election result.

In a resignation statement on the ConservativeHome website, Mr Timothy acknowledged one of his regrets was the way Mrs May's social care policy, dubbed the "dementia tax" by critics, had been handled.

The announcement created a surge of interest in the DUP, the most searched topic on Google UK on Friday morning.

"If, as the indications have shown, and if this is correct that the Conservative Party has won the most seats and probably the most votes then it will be incumbent on us to ensure that we have that period of stability and that is exactly what we will do", Ms May said, without explicitly mentioning her own role. The elections weren't encouraged by May at first as she insisted on waiting for the official election in 2020; it was deemed as a destabilizer for the country by several parties.

Without a majority in the House of Commons, she could be forced to seek consensus on the approach she takes to Brexit, potentially by performing a U-turn on issues such as single market membership.

"This will allow us to come together as a country and channel our energies towards a successful Brexit deal that works for everyone in this country securing a new partnership with the European Union which guarantees our long-term prosperity".

Here are a few questions over what it means and its implications for the country.

Ms May is working on a cabinet reshuffle, which is expected to be limited as the election result means she can not afford to have disgruntled former ministers sniping at her from the backbenches. "We have no clue on what's going to come out of Brexit". "We need a government that can act", said Oettinger. "Boris is the only option with the liberal values, Brexit credentials and popular appeal".

With Brexit Secretary David Davis and Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon also staying put, there were suggestions changes could just centre on replacing the eight ministers who lost their seats.