"She wanted a mandate", he said, "well the mandate she has got is lost Conservative seats, lost votes, lost support and lost confidence".
May's party is short of the 326 it needed for an outright majority and fairly down from the 330 seats it had before the election.
British Prime Minister Theresa May reached an "outline agreement" on Saturday (June 10) with the ultra-conservative Democratic Unionist Party in order to be able to govern after a humiliating election that has left her authority in tatters.
The Conservatives' losses were largely gains for the Labor opposition, which defied polls and predictions to gain 29 seats - a vindication for leader Jeremy Corbyn, whose grip on the party appears to have strengthened.
The moves buy May a temporary reprieve.
Then, after midnight, Downing Street responded, saying: "The Prime Minister has tonight spoken with the DUP to discuss finalising a confidence and supply deal when Parliament returns next week".
Jill Lawless is an Associated Press writer. "I take responsibility for my part in this election campaign, which was the oversight of our policy programme", he said.
Yesterday the people of the United Kingdom produced an election result that has shaken the UK's political establishment to the core.
The development comes after May sent her Chief Whip Gavin Williamson to Belfast for talks with the DUP after the election.
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The turmoil engulfing May has increased the chance that Britain will fall out of the European Union in 2019 without a deal. Several ministers lost their seats in Thursday's election, which saw the Conservatives lose their majority in Parliament.
Many Tories are furious with the Prime Minister for losing her Commons majority and are blaming her personally and her inner circle.
May's office has already said that the senior Cabinet members - Treasury chief Philip Hammond, Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and Home Secretary Amber Rudd - will keep their current jobs, but she is expected to reshuffle the lower ranks of ministers.
The Northern Ireland party is officially opposed to same-sex marriages and abortions, both which are legal in the rest of Britain.
The DUP also collaborated with other terror groups, including the Ulster Volunteer Force, to smuggle arms into the UK.
May now risks more opposition to her Brexit plans from inside and outside her party, though a party source said leading the Conservatives was seen as too much of a poisoned chalice for her to face an immediate challenge.
Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson has since sought assurances from May that any deal with the DUP would not affect LGBTI (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and/or Intersex) rights across the UK.
"In particular, the DUP's concerns about the Irish border issue must not lead to an acceptance of any "free movement of people" in the negotiation. That's not a matter for me", she said.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, riding a wave of acclaim for his party's unexpectedly strong showing, called on May to resign. Speaking of the coalition with the DUP, May said that the two parties had "enjoyed a strong relationship over many years" - and that she would pull Britain together "to secure a successful Brexit deal that works for everyone".
"Mayhem" screamed the headline on the front page of The Sun, Britain's biggest selling newspaper that is normally sympathetic to the Conservatives.
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