British media attacked May over the election result, questioning whether she will be able to remain in power after an outcome that leaves her reliant on uniting rival factions within her party. Virtually anyone working in British politics thought that Conservative Prime Minister Theresa May was certain to win.
From the time Corbyn, a long-time hard-left anti-militarism back-bencher and protege of the late Tony Benn, was elevated to the leadership position of the Labour Party back in September 2015, he has (like Bernie Sanders in the U.S. last year) had to combat a concerted effort to unseat him by the Labour Party establishment.
Timothy said he took responsibility for the Conservative manifesto, including a plan for elderly social care that caused a backlash among many core voters.
The Conservatives fell 7 seats short of a majority, and May announced today that she would form a coalition government with the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), the socially conservative majority party in Northern Ireland.
People living in Britain are waking up to uncertainty as Prime Minister Theresa May ignored calls to stand down after the ruling Conservative Party lost an overall majority in parliament in a general election on Thursday.
Trump, who was answering a shouted question from a reporter during an Oval Office photo opportunity, did not expand on his comment.
With 649 of 650 seats declared, the Conservatives won 318 and Theresa May did secure a clear lead over Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party which won 261. Corbyn and Lib Dem leader Tim Farron have both called for May to resign.
Theresa May admits initial response to Grenfell Tower was 'not good enough'
Condoling the incident earlier, Londor Mayor Sadiq Khan said, "The bad news, I'm afraid, is lots of people died in the fire". The first victim to be identified was Mohammed Alhajali, a 23-year-old Syrian refugee.
And the Labour leader is optimistic his progressive manifesto will attract enough support in Parliament to propel him to power. "The mandate she's got is: lost Conservative seats, lost votes, lost support and lost confidence", he said.
Cameron assumed that the British voters would ratify Britain's continued membership in the European Union and thus allow him to silence so-called Euroskeptics within his own party.
"We need a government that can act", said EU Budget Commissioner Guenther Oettinger. If she is to succeed in delivering the wishes of 52% of the public and take Britain out of the European Union, she must find a way to secure the full support of her party to pass legislation preparing for and enacting the departure. A party spokesman confirmed the resignation of Hill, a combative character who one ex-colleague said had helped create "toxic" atmosphere at the heart of government.
May's authority over her party was shattered by the election result.
May had advocated a "hard Brexit" - a withdrawal that includes a clean break from the European Union's single market and customs union. What she didn't bargain for were the Labour voters who were mobilized by their country's terrifying direction.
"What the country needs more than ever is certainty", she insisted.
"I think her position is, in the long term, untenable", Conservative lawmaker Anna Soubry told Sky News. It was also a bad night for the pro-Brexit United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP).
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