It leaves domestic agenda in potential need of a leg-up from Northern Ireland's DUP, the strategy for Brexit having to potentially be entirely re-written on the fly ahead of talks starting next week, although the European Union has suggested they could be delayed further, and plenty of senior Conservatives already preparing to find somebody else to lead the party.
Many Tories are furious with the Prime Minister for losing her Commons majority and are blaming her personally and her inner circle.
Speaking on BBC Radio 4 over the weekend Jonathan Powell, former chief of staff to former Prime Minister Tony Blair (and chief British negotiator during the 1998 Good Friday Agreement) noted that allying with any party in the highly divided political landscape of Northern Ireland was one that past governments had avoided for a reason.
Theresa May desperately needs the Democratic Unionist Party's 10 seats to pass legislation.
"The parliamentary arithmetic is such that we are going to have to work with everyone", he said.
The exit poll, which in recent elections has proved to be a fairly accurate forecast of the official result, showed Theresa May's Conservative Party as the biggest individual party, heading for 314 seats in the House of Commons, 12 short of a majority. Gove, who was dismissed when May became prime minister past year, will now serve as environment secretary.
Mrs May was attempting to thrash out a pact with Mrs Foster at a meeting in Downing Street to prevent the collapse of her administration.
"I think that's a little bit of a stereotype - but there is as often is the case with stereotypes some truth to it".
With the DUP providing the Conservatives a narrow, but crucial, majority in Parliament, it could have an outsized influence.
Two UK airlines listed amongst world's worst
The study was carried out at 76 airports across the world and also looked to establish the best airline. The top ranked carrier in the world was Singapore Airlines, with Bulgaria Air bringing up the rear.
There's plenty of overlap between the DUP and May's Conservative Party.
In Scotland, both Labour and the Tories made gains on a bad night for the SNP.
Other senior Conservatives however warned against a leadership challenge with Iain Duncan Smith saying it would be a "grave error".
Donald Tusk, president of the European Commission, urged the May government to get on with negotiations, noting that the United Kingdom has less than two years to extricate itself from the EU - which is considered a gargantuan task.
He called on negotiations to be conducted in "the best possible spirit" that causes the "least disruptive outcome for our citizens" following Brexit.
This election was a gamble for May, called seemingly in hope that the ballot box could replicate the party's strong polling numbers and in particular her own strong personal polling numbers since she succeeded David Cameron previous year. The Daily Mail screamed: "Gamble That Backfired".
Meanwhile, May's Conservative Party actually lost seats.
Lee had experienced "life" under the Tory government of Margaret Thatcher and John Major, Labour under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, and the coalition government of the Tory and Liberal Democratic parties under David Cameron.
Brexit minister David Davis has insisted the approach to the European Union divorce had not changed, but at the meeting with lawmakers on Monday, May recognized that a broader consensus needed to be built for Brexit and made clear she would listen to all wings of the party on the issue.
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