However, the result of the UK general election, June 8, has thrown everything into chaos, as UK Prime Minister May is seeking to support in Westminster of the 10 DUP members in that parliament.
NAN reports that European Union leaders fear May's shock loss of her majority in the snap British election will delay Brexit talks due to start this month and raise the risk of negotiations failing.
It is even unclear whether May will be Prime Minister by this time next week.
May's party fell eight seats short of retaining their parliamentary majority, and is now in talks with Northern Ireland's ultra-conservative Democratic Union Party (DUP) - which won 10 seats - to forge an informal alliance.
But there were signs that not all was going to plan.
With a deal still to be confirmed, there was speculation that the announcement of the government's agenda, known as the Queen's Speech, could be delayed by from the planned date next Monday.
Graham Brady, the chairman of the 1922 Committee, said: "There's no doubt that we need to see a much more open and inclusive approach within government and within parliament as well".
"Our position is clearly set out, it is clearly set out in a number of places and there has been no change to that", May's spokesman said, adding that the Brexit minister David Davis had set out the same position earlier on Monday.
But Johnson insisted that May has his full backing.
The Daily Telegraph understands that more than a dozen Tory MPs have significant concerns about the prospect of the deal and have warned it could lead to the collapse of the Good Friday Agreement, the political milestone in the Northern Ireland peace process of the 1990s.
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The Remain side in Northern Ireland won with almost 56 per cent of the tally although there was disparity geographically, with the south and west being much more opposed to Brexit.
Tory Right-wingers intend to assert themselves this evening when Mrs May addresses a private meeting of the 1922 Committee of backbenchers.
"It may not be on the Monday because we also have got the Queen's Speech that week and I will have to speak in that, and so on", he told Sky News.
May looked set to face criticism and anger from Conservative MPs at a private meeting in parliament over her handling of an election that lost the party its parliamentary majority.
They continued that the Prime Minister said she would learn the lessons of the General Election campaign, particularly that voters wanted more money spent on public services, highlighting schools, hospitals and childcare in particular.
The political upheaval has not only created worries in Europe, but also appears to have crossed the Atlantic.
The result came as a surprise to many, with opinion polls prior to the election sitting in May's favour. Whether a now weakened May will be forced to revisit this and other policies (particularly after the departure of her aides, who had worked with her in her Home Office days) remains to be seen. "The queen extended an invitation to President Trump to visit the United Kingdom, and there is no change to those plans", a spokeswoman for the prime minister said.
Speaking to The Stage before the June 8 vote, Hancock said a Conservative government would put the creative industries at the core of its plans to support the economy, "whether in domestic policy or in Brexit negotiations". That bump was presaged by gains in last year's Scottish parliamentary elections and local elections in March.
The session had originally been scheduled for Tuesday, but was brought forward a day so that May could explain the status of her efforts to ally with Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party before any deal is finalized.
May's decision to strike a deal with the DUP is particularly galling to its critics, as the Tory leader repeatedly attacked Labour chief Jeremy Corbyn ahead of the election for talking to Irish Republican leaders in the 1970s.
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