"The talks are going on, they are going well".
Queen Elizabeth II outlined the government's legislative program in a speech to Parliament on Wednesday after the prime minister slimmed down her plans and promised "humility" in negotiating Britain's exit from the European Union following a disastrous election that cost the ruling Conservative Party its majority.
Donaldson said local media reports that his party was asking for 1 billion pounds ($1.27 billion) to be spent on health and a further billion to be allocated to infrastructure was "wild speculation and wide of the mark".
His one-liner a reference to Royal Ascot, which is attended by the Queen each year, but her presence delayed due to her the parliamentary ceremony.
"I am very reassured by what the Prime Minister said to me today that that won't be the case".
Varadkar, at a news conference with May in Downing Street, said both the British and Irish governments needed to be impartial actors in relation to Northern Ireland's power-sharing arrangements, which are now stalled. In practice, it would mean the DUP's 10 MPs in the House of Commons supporting the Tory minority government in major votes.
After her flawed decision to call a snap general election saw the Conservatives lose their narrow majority earlier this month, May has now come under fire for her lacklustre response to the Grenfell Tower fire disaster.
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The oil minister further said that the Islamic Republic is in talks with other OPEC members for a decision on the issue. Zanganeh has expressed the hope that OPEC would agree on extending earlier output cut in the upcoming meeting.
A DUP source confirmed negotiations were "ongoing" and said they were looking to deliver "a more compassionate style of government for the whole of the UK".
The Queen's Speech was initially planned for Monday but was postponed because of the turmoil following the election.
Nearly two weeks after the election, Conservatives have failed to secure a "confidence and supply" agreement with the Democratic Unionist Party to shore up Mrs May's minority administration.
Senior DUP sources said on Tuesday that the negotiations "haven't proceeded the way we would have expected".
Prime Minister Theresa May has been forced to make assurances to her own party that there will be no backslide on equality issues, but facing steep economic demands from the DUP, the deal could yet collapse.
"While our discussions continue, it is important the government gets on with its business".
Then low and behold our "elected" Prime Minister jumps in like a schoolboy and declares it's his "first time in 10 Downing Street and it's rather a thrill".
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