British Prime Minister Theresa May, who promised to be a "bloody hard woman" during her country's upcoming divorce negotiations with the European Union, has been ruthlessly reminded that British voters can be bloody hard as well.
The only major change was the promotion of her close friend and ally Damian Green, previously the work and pensions secretary, to first secretary of state, making him officially her second in command.
May carried out a reshuffle of her cabinet on Sunday, including bringing back Michael Gove into government as environment secretary, replacing Andrea Leadsom.
Facing down calls to stand down by Labour and the Lib Dems, a defiant Mrs May has made a decision to cling on to power by forming a minority Conservative government.
British Prime Minister Theresa May reached an "outline agreement" 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.
She and her team are trying to produce a small working majority in coalition with the Democratic Unionist Party.
"What the country needs more than ever is certainty", she said.
"As I said many times during the campaign, I had wanted to achieve a larger majority, but that was not the result we secured", May, who had previously pledged not to hold an early election, said on Friday.
"That's what people voted for last June. Now lets get to work".
Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May returns to Downing Street with her husband Philip after traveling to Buckingham Palace to ask the Queen's permission to form a minority government, in London, June 9, 2017.
The Northern Ireland is one of the more depressed parts of the British economy.
Meanwhile, DUP leader Arlene Foster has said that talks were ongoing, indicating it may not be such a smooth process after all.
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The DUP may provide the missing votes.
"We have a programme, we have support and we are ready to fight another election campaign because we want to be able to serve the people of this country on the agenda we put forward which is transformational and has gained fantastic levels of support".
"Negotiations on our exit from the European Union are about to commence, and we now face uncertainty at Westminster".
Foster did not elaborate on the DUP's wish list of concessions but it will likely try to extract more money from the central government for public services in Northern Ireland. This meant the kind of deal she sought with the European Union would inevitably be softer, that person said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Ms May would be forced to resign if she then failed to win a majority.
The 10 DUP MPs could prove crucial in supporting the Conservatives on key votes after Thursday's election saw Mrs May lose control of the Commons.
The Tories remain the biggest party with 318 seats so far and Labour now have 261 - with 326 required for a majority and just one seat left to be called.
Many MPs are angry over what they see as an unnecessary vote that has cost several lawmakers their seats and are demanding she run a more open, collegiate government after her first months of a dictatorial regime.
And for more on politics in the United Kingdom we turn now to George Parker, a political editor of the Financial Times.
"She is now reliant on the DUP and absolute loyalty from the Conservative Party - loyalty that was not given to her over the Budget".
The results were described as "astonishing" by the website's editor, former MP Paul Goodman, who said: "It is the most damning finding in one of our polls that I can remember".
The need for a deal with the DUP, putting Northern Ireland at the centre of the Brexit talks, may well cause tension with the Conservative's Eurosceptic wing which strongly influenced Mrs.
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