Posted on 06/09/2017 6:39:54 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
After receiving formal permission from the monarchy, U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May will try to form a new government after her Conservative Party lost its parliamentary majority in Thursday's election.
"I will now form a government," May said in front of 10 Downing Street moments after she spoke with Queen Elizabeth, "a government that can provide certainty and lead Britain forward at this critical time for our country."
Noting the "crucial Brexit talks that begin in just 10 days," May said the new government will work to fulfill the will of U.K. voters who decided to leave the European Union.
May also promised her government will "keep our nation safe and secure," after recent attacks in London and Manchester, by "cracking down on the ideology of Islamist extremism and all those who support it and giving the police and the authorities the powers they need to keep our country safe."
In the new government, May plans to ally with the small Democratic Unionist Party, the BBC reports.
The U.K. is facing a hung Parliament and May has resisted calls to resign, after her Tories lost 12 seats and the rival Labour Party picked up 29, with one regional election still not final. May called for the snap election just seven weeks ago, rather than waiting until the next scheduled national election in 2020.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said May should resign.
"The prime minister called the election because she wanted a mandate," Corbyn said. "Well the mandate she's got is lost Conservative seats, lost votes, lost support and lost confidence. I would've thought that's enough to go, actually. And make way for a government that will be truly representative of all of the people of this country."
May took a gamble in April by calling for the snap election.
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They are lost.
Yep, the British equivalent of Bernie Sanders GAINED a lot of seats in Parliament.
Labour also pandered by promising Gibs AND brexit in many cases.
May is still an idiot CINO who should have never done this.
But at least Marxist Corbyn won’t be the Prime Minister. As sad as the results were, total disaster was averted.
“...a government that can provide certainty and lead Britain forward at this critical time for our country.”
Yes, a complete “certainty” that nothing will be done about either Brexit or Muzzies. The Brits, if they had any balls left wouid be to overthrow their entire government. This woman was a disgrace in her years as Home Secretary, so it’s not surprising that she’s the $hits as Prime Minister. GB needs a Trump clone.
Cowardly, weak, and feckless.
Islam is the enemy and everyone knows it. The more the Theresa Mays of the world repeat the teddy bears and tears script, the more the people will despise them.
Credibility approaching that of Hillary
If the Brexit Secretary is considering putting the single market back on the table then the whole process is now seriously damaged. pic.twitter.com/vQccR0xesU— Nigel Farage (@Nigel_Farage) June 9, 2017
I hope you are right... but the lesser of two evils is evil.
It is tough to agree with Jeremy Corbyn, but Theresa May does need to resign. The Conservatives need new leadership, maybe Boris Johnson.
All sides, in a way, lost.
Corbyn is an albatross around the neck of Labour. I guarantee you that were any other leader of old Labour in his shoes, they’d have taken a majority. His winning seats guarantees he stays in his role.
The reason why they did so well is they promised everyone everything. As a minority party, he knows he can’t deliver on it now but it doesn’t matter as it got him a few more seats.
May screwed up fundamentally because she pushed a manifesto which reminded so many voters precisely why they didn’t vote Tory last time. Had she played it safer and pushed a status quo political, she’d have probably gained a few seats.
NPR thought Hillary would win
NPR thought Labor would win
NPR is whining
I might not like NPR, but in this case I see no whining, only straight up reporting.
Would Boris be an improvement?
Where’s Boris?
Yes. That may be the best path. He could turn out to bre a British Trump. They have hair in common to start.
Yep the voters chucked the UK into the Cor Bin
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