British Prime Minister Theresa May called a snap election for Parliament almost three years early so that the United Kingdom would have "strong and stable" leadership to negotiate the terms of "Brexit", its withdrawal from the European Union approved by voters in a referendum nearly a year ago.
In a WhatsApp message to Conservative lawmakers, Johnson said: "Folks we need to calm down and get behind the prime minister".
Many senior Conservatives say May should stay, for now, to provide stability.
Regardless of Fallon's claims, a growing number of Conservatives are said to be "absolutely furious" with May for putting their jobs on the line for the sake of strengthening her hand overseas in Brexit talks. "It is not the outcome any of us would have wanted in the Conservative Party".
Observers said a surge in youth turnout fueled by anger over last year's shock Brexit vote played a pivotal role in stripping May of her parliamentary majority.
The stunning outcome leaves May battling to unite different factions in her party and reliant on a handful of Northern Irish parliamentarians just nine days before Britain starts the tortuous process of negotiating its departure from the EU. May was forced to reach out to Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), which won 10 seats, to forge a working majority.
Any such arrangement would be fraught with political risk for May, fuelling uncertainty among businesses over what the final terms of Britain's departure from the European Union would look like, and how it will affect future trade with the bloc.
A confidence and supply deal would mean them backing the Government on its Budget and confidence motions, but could potentially lead to other issues being decided on a vote-by-vote basis.
DUP leader Arlene Foster with MPs at the Stormont Hotel in Belfast.
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"The Conservatives have not yet broken the British system of democracy, but through their hubris and incompetence they have managed to make a mockery of it", it said in an editorial.
Conservative lawmaker Nicky Morgan told ITV that she could support a confidence and supply arrangement with the DUP, but any closer deal would be "a step too far".
But the wooing of the DUP risks upsetting the political balance in Northern Ireland by aligning London more closely with the pro-British side in the divided province, where a power-sharing government with Irish nationalists is now suspended.
The 1998 Good Friday agreement set up power sharing in Northern Ireland, largely ending years of sectarian violence.
Osborne contrasted May's low profile in the wake of the results with Labour opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn, accusing the prime minister of being "in hiding".
May has said Brexit talks will begin on June 19 as scheduled, the same day as the formal reopening of Parliament.
"We will - obviously - amend the Queen's Speech". 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. Without the amendments, he said Labour would try to vote down the speech.
"I don't think Theresa May and this government have any credibility", Corbyn told the Sunday Mirror, predicting that there could be another election within months. "This is still on".
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