The prime minister was asked if the public could be certain her new Government could last five years with her as leader. "But what I'm doing now is actually getting on with the immediate job".
"I just can't see how she can continue in any long-term way", Soubry said.
With all but one constituency declared, the Conservatives won 318 seats - down from 331 at the 2015 election - while Labour was on 261, up from 229.
"The prime minister has tonight spoken with the DUP to discuss finalising a confidence and supply deal when parliament returns next week", May's office said early Sunday. She named her Cabinet Sunday, keeping most of the ministers in their posts and even appointing an old adversary, Michael Gove, to the post of environment secretary. The party's entrenched opposition to equal marriage has prevented the LGBT population in Northern Ireland from benefitting for the same rights as LGBT people in the rest of the United Kingdom and this is unacceptable.
The political turmoil comes a week before Britain is due to start negotiating the terms of its exit from the European Union in talks of unprecedented complexity that are supposed to wrap up by the end of March 2019, when Britain actually leaves.
With most seats counted, it's become clear the Conservatives are unable to win the 326 seats needed for an outright majority. "It's just how long she's going to remain on death row", former Conservative finance minister George Osborne, who was sacked by May when she became prime minister previous year, told the BBC.
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Former chancellor George Osborne predicted that Mrs May could be forced out of No 10 within a matter of days, saying she was "dead woman walking". "In my view it may well just be a period of transition", she told LBC radio. One of the standout figures in the General Election campaign has been the out leader of the Scottish Conservatives, Ruth Davidson, who led the Conservatives into second place in Scotland gaining 12 seats, including out MSP Ross Thomson in Aberdeen South. But few believe she can hang on for more than a few months.
"We are going to see, I hope, more collective decision-making in the cabinet". She did not, however, provide details of the nature of the alliance with the DUP.
The DUP leader Arlene Foster - who will meet May to finalize the power-sharing deal on Tuesday - has said no-one wants a hard Brexit.
Senior Conservative lawmaker Graham Brady said the prospect of being propped up by the socially conservative DUP, which is strongly focused on Northern Ireland's specific political complexities, was causing concern in his party. "My principal caution about any arrangement with the DUP is whether this could undermine the efforts of the UK Government to re-establish a power-sharing Executive in Northern Ireland".
The potential agreement has been met with widespread criticism, as questions have been raised about the DUP's stance on homosexuality and abortion. The government has already backed this - anything else would risk reigniting the Troubles - but it is unclear how this will work with the Republic still enjoying freedom of movement within the EU.
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