British Prime Minister Theresa May met with Queen Elizabeth hours after the results of the shocking general election showed that she failed to win a majority in the House of Commons.
"I think in this case, most pundits would agree that she really did have a bad, bad, bad campaign ..."
"But if this leads to the possibility of a softer exit by Britain and a compromise model linked to Brexit, then I would be happy with that".
Former minister Anna Soubry said Mrs May should "consider her position" after a "dreadful campaign" while backbencher Heidi Allen suggested she could be out within a matter of months, depending on the Brexit negotiations. "I do hope that the result of the elections will have no major impact on the negotiations we are desperately waiting for", he said.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has urged Britain to quickly launch Brexit talks with the European Union after Prime Minister Theresa May suffered a harsh election setback.
DUP MPs are meeting to discuss the situation and one told Sky's Senior Political Correspondent Beth Rigby earlier: "We would consider a supply and confidence arrangement to make sure Theresa May has sufficient support to keep her in government". May's Tory party would reach the needed parliamentary majority if it is joined by the small, socially conservative DUP party, whose 290,000 votes and 10 seats in parliament could be a kingmaker in a national parliament representing the U.K.'s 65 million people.
The agreement emerged after Gavin Williamson, the Conservative Party's chief whip, spent the day in Belfast holding talks with DUP leader Arlene Foster and key DUP members. We have worked well with May. "May stares into the abyss", wrote The Times, while Conservative-supporting The Sun tabloid said succinctly: "She's had her chips".
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Hundreds of thousands of people have signed a petition against a Tory pact with Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party.
Steve Crowther, who is standing in as Ukip leader following Paul Nuttall's resignation, said an end to freedom of movement must be secured in the Brexit talks.
Jean-Claude Juncker, head of the European Commission, said he wanted discussions to proceed without delay, while Michel Barnier, the EU's chief negotiator for Brexit, said "negotiations should start when United Kingdom is ready". "That's not a matter for me", she said.
An online petition calling on the leader of Britain's Conservatives to resign attracted more than 650,000 signatures as of Sunday morning, with the main opposition leader vowing action to oust her as prime minister, upping pressure on a deal between the Conservatives and the Northern Irish unionists.
May would have been able to form a government without support from the Democratic Unionist Party, which won 10 seats if Conservatives seized four seats from Labour - Dudley North (22 majority); Newcastle-under-Lyme (30 majority); Crew and Nantwich (48 majority); and Canterbury (187 majority).
The question is who won and who lost in the election... that is still being widely debated.
Even a looser tie-up with the anti-abortion, anti-gay marriage party will worry Tories who fear being tarred by association.
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