DUP head arrives for talks with United Kingdom leader May

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Earlier, the DUP said no deal has yet been reached with the Conservatives to keep British Prime Minister Theresa May in power.

After House Speaker John Bercow was re-elected without challenge, a chastened May quipped: "At least someone got a landslide".

May began talks with the Northern Ireland-based party to see if they can create an alliance to push through the Conservative Party's agenda after a disastrous snap election left her short of a majority in Parliament.

"Unless we reform our values, our membership offering and our party infrastructure, we face defeat at the next election - and potentially years of opposition".

The strength of any deal looks set to be tested when the Commons meets, with Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn vowing to try to bring down the government by defeating Mrs May in Parliament and insisting: "I can still be prime minister".

"I congratulate her on returning and I'm sure she'll agree with me that democracy is a wondrous thing, and can throw up some very unexpected results", he said. During the election campaign, May had used the "coalition of chaos" phrase to describe what a victory for Labour would look like.

Talks between the Conservative party and the DUP ended today without a conclusion.

Talks come after Mrs May told Tory MPs: "I'm the person who got us into this mess and I'm the one who will get us out of it".

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Brexit minister David Davis has insisted the approach to the European Union divorce has not changed, but May has recognized that a broader consensus needs to be built for Brexit and has made clear she would listen to all wings of the party on the issue. The Evening Standard, edited by ex-Treasury chief George Osborne, is reporting that Cabinet ministers have initiated talks with Labour lawmakers. "But we are going into these talks with the national interest at heart", Foster had said ahead of the meeting.

The DUP leader is nearly certain to ask for greater investment in Northern Ireland as the price of a deal. But it also demanded the removal of allowances from...

He said the current process - which involves the United Kingdom and Irish governments chairing elements of the negotiations and the head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service moderating other discussions - is the "right approach".

Sinn Fein's Gerry Adams has warned that the Northern Ireland Secretary is not an acceptable chairman of talks aimed at restoring powersharing at Stormont.

The stakes for May are high.

Political rivals of the DUP are adamant the UK Government can no longer cast itself as a neutral facilitator in the process, given Theresa May's intent to form a minority government with the help of a confidence-and-supply deal with the unionist party.

Meanwhile, there are concerns in Europe about what all this means for the upcoming Brexit negotiations.

"My preoccupation is that time is passing - it's passing quicker than anyone believes... But it remains another question if I'll still witness this", added the 74-year-old.Asked about Schaeuble's comments, Macron said the EU's door was still open for Britain as long as the negotiations were not finished, but that it would be hard to reverse course.

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