Embattled British Prime Minister Theresa May appointed ministers to her shaky government Sunday, as some Conservative colleagues rallied to support her - and others said her days were numbered after last week's disastrous election.
Theresa May called the snap election in the hope that she would increase the Conservative's majority and give herself a mandate going into Brexit discussions.
Indeed, the prospect of a "hard" Brexit, by which the United Kingdom leaves with no deal, has shrunk with the Conservative majority, as it's a likely "red line" for the Democratic Unionist Party, the Northern Irish lawmakers May has turned to for support in Westminster.
She failed to express contrition for her gamble that spectacularly backfired, but newspaper headlines reflected the sense that she has been deeply wounded. She said that the most senior Cabinet members would retain their roles, including Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and Treasury chief Philip Hammond.
It seems odd to me she didn't spend more of the election campaign talking about helping those who are "just managing" as she called them in her first (well-received) Downing Street speech. And the problem is there's a majority in the House of Commons who don't really believe in Brexit, who think that Britain should adopt a much softer form of Brexit rather than the harder form of Brexit that Theresa May was advocating. The prime minister said that he would bring "considerable experience" to the post.
Meanwhile May's former head of communications launched a series of brutal attacks on her governing style, increasing the pressure to sack her closest aides.
The development comes after Mrs May sent her Chief Whip Gavin Williamson to Belfast for talks with the DUP after the election left the Tories eight seats short of the 326 required for a majority. The party is seeking support from Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party to stay in power. However, the party are not keen on a hard Brexit because of the border with the Republic of Ireland.
Mrs May is looking to secure the DUP's support.
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This agreement does not require the larger party to concede ministerial positions, unlike a coalition, and allows a smaller party to play a part in government and policy making without signing up to the responsibility of leadership in the government.
The DUP is opposed to both abortion and same-sex marriage. The Conservatives are notoriously ruthless with leaders who fail and I wouldn't put my mortgage on her still being in place for the conclusion of Brexit talks.
"We would be able to speak freely if they weren't around and if they were around you don't speak", Perrior told the BBC.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has insisted "I can still be prime minister" as he vowed to fight Theresa May's attempt to run a minority government "all the way".
Even though the gap between the Conservatives and Labour narrowed during the campaign, polls had generally predicted that the Conservatives would win a majority of votes.
The prime minister has since come under fire for hubris, as well as a poor performance on the campaign trail and a manifesto blunder that alienated many core supporters.
This is in contrast to the coalition government formed between the Conservatives under David Cameron and the Liberal Democrats in 2010.
"Voters do not want further months of uncertainty and upheaval", William Hague wrote in the Daily Telegraph, while adding that "very serious lessons" would be learned.
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