"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. A deal with the DUP and their 10 lawmakers would give her a workable majority.
The DUP's deputy leader Nigel Dodds confirmed that the party's condition for shoring up the new Tory government is an assurance that Northern Ireland will not be accorded special European Union status after Brexit that will keep it distinct from the rest of the United Kingdom.
She also promised to deliver the changes she set out after the two recent terrorist attacks in Manchester and London, giving police more powers and tackling radicalisation. The DUP is a socially conservative group that opposes abortion and same-sex marriage and had links to Protestant paramilitary groups during Ireland's sectarian "Troubles".
The blame-game has started within the Conservative Party.
Mrs May's party is deeply divided over what it wants from Brexit, and the election result means British businesses still have no idea what trading rules they can expect in the coming years.
Jeremy Corbyn, the Labour Party leader has the vote of several British artists, which is not surprising.
During an appearance on Radio 4, Mr Leslie, a long-time adversary of Mr Corbyn, said the result was not worth celebrating.
The British PM was forced to relinquish her two closest aides - joint chiefs of staff Nick Timothy and Fiona Hill - as she struggled to reassert her authority. Steven Fielding, a professor of politics at the University of Nottingham, called her "a zombie prime minister". Conservatives continue to be the largest party in the UK.
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People walk near a screen which reports North Korea's missile launch, in Osaka, western Japan Monday, May 29, 2017 . Japan lodged a protest against the test missile, which appeared to have landed in its exclusive economic zone.
Corbyn also said there's enough opposition in Parliament and in May's own party to topple the government.
But north of the border the Tories performed strongly under the leadership of Ruth Davidson, winning 12 new seats as the Scottish National Party lost ground.
"Imagine she survives until autumn of next year", he said.
"As I reflect on the results I will reflect on what we need to do in the future to take the party forward", May said on Friday in a televised statement. Widely expected to lead his party into an electoral disaster, the unapologetic leftist instead achieved the biggest gain in vote share for a British party since 1945. "It appears clear they were determined this time to make a difference and vote". But Corbyn upped the ante and proved to be a formidable campaigner. But government data shows that more than 2 million people aged 34 or under signed up online to vote in the month before the May 22 registration deadline - compared with about 1.46 million in the same period ahead of the 2015 election.
May, who went into the election with a reputation for quiet competence, was criticized for a lackluster campaigning style and for a plan to force elderly people to pay more for their care, a proposal her opponents dubbed the "dementia tax".
Political observers say the election results raise questions about the government's future Brexit policy.
"We're in another mess again, and probably we're going to have to have another election, and it's all such a waste of time at the end of the day", said 85-year-old Londoner Patricia Nastri. British citizens approved the plan in a vote a year ago.
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