British PM warned over risk to Irish peace of government deal

She had called the election in a bid to extend her majority and strengthen her hand in the looming Brexit negotiations, but her gamble backfired spectacularly.

Theresa May’s premiership is hanging in the balance after the Conservatives failed to gain a House of Commons majority in Thursday’s general election.

But the result is expected to lead to anger within the Conservative Party, where many deemed the abrupt calling of the election unnecessary, and May’s future is uncertain.

Outrightly rejecting calls for her resignation, Prime Minister Theresa May is considering to clinch a deal with the Democratic Unionists Party (DUP) to guide the United Kingdom through crucial Brexit talks.

“This will allow us to come together as a country and channel our energies towards a successful Brexit deal”.

Many senior DUP figures admire not only Mrs May’s forthright unionism but her brand of One Nation Conservatism and her move away from some of the stridently individualistic Thatcherite rhetoric.

May has been pressing for a so-called “hard” Brexit, which would include leaving the EU’s massive collective market and no longer allowing European Union citizens to come and live and work freely in the United Kingdom.

In Northern Ireland, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), a natural ally of the Conservatives, said it would negotiate with the Conservatives if they fell short of a majority, as both parties had common ground. “Let’s get on with the job”, Johnson responded on Twitter. But the simple truth is increased borrowing and raising tax levels for the richest and big businesses will have much less effect on the economy than a devastatingly chaotic Brexit.

On issues where he knows he is completely out of tune with British opinion – as on the abolition of the monarchy – he simply chooses not to inflict his views on the rest of us. “Do your best to avoid a “no deal” as result of ‘no negotiations'”.

May had threatened to walk away from the talks rather than accept a “bad deal”, with Britain’s exit bill and the fate of European Union citizens in Britain among the early obstacles.

The pound fell sharply after an exit poll in Britain’s election forecast that the Conservatives would fall short of a majority in parliament, raising the prospect that the country might not have a clear victor or strong government as it starts its negotiations to leave the European Union.

“I’m sorry for all those candidates and hard working party workers who weren’t successful”, May said on Friday after surprise resurgence by the main opposition Labor Party under its leftwing leader Jeremy Corbyn.

Among the UK’s smaller parties, the DUP gained two seats to reach a total of 10, the Liberal Democrats gained three seats to reach 12 and the Scottish National Party lost 19 seats to total 35.

“I think the Conservative party as a whole is reluctant to get rid of Theresa May now because it would mean a leadership election, it would mean stalling on Brexit talks”, Menon said.

May has insisted that Brexit means Brexit but it is unclear how long she will remain in power or whether another British election will be called.

Today marks the General Election 2017, a snap election called by Prime Minister Theresa May on 18th April.

The prime minister spoke to German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday and confirmed she was ready to start Brexit talks “as planned in the next couple of weeks”.

“Honestly, it feels nearly like she is nearly not aware of what has happened in the last 24 hours”, she told LBC radio.

Any concessions on these points are likely to antagonise the nationalist republican Sinn Fein, with whom the DUP shared power before their government collapsed earlier this year amid a breakdown in trust.

“MAYHEM” screamed the headline in the tabloid Sun newspaper.

“Britain is about to find out the price of that failure”. But they have been made kingmakers by Theresa May, who has won their backing to keep Jeremy Corbyn from forming a government. Will a hard Brexit still happen? First, with the EU Referendum.

He said: “We have essentially got the result we were campaigning for two years ago”.