"I blame her party for destroying Britain by pushing for Brexit and austerity, two things that will ultimately be bad for my generation". I am very proud of the results that are coming in and the vote for hope.
The British pound tumbled on Friday against the USA dollar and the euro before stabilising, down 1.7 and 1.4 percent against the two currencies respectively.
Prime Minister Theresa May's chief of staff Nick Timothy and Joint-chief of staff Fiona Hill leave Conservative Party headquarters in London, Friday, June 9, 2017.
For the second time in half a year, a British Conservative prime minister has let political hubris dictate their decision to turn to the voting public.
May has said Brexit talks will begin on June 19 as scheduled, the same day as the formal reopening of parliament.
May also reappointed an old adversary - Michael Gove, a former rival for the Conservative leadership whom May fired from the Cabinet when she took office a year ago. May's office said Saturday principles of an agreement had been reached, but the two sides later clarified that they are still talking. Many senior Conservatives say May should stay, for now, to provide stability. It is inevitable now that with a reduced majority she will have to compromise her aims in order to get support from the other parties.
Britain's largely pro-Conservative press questioned whether May could remain in power.
Labour voters were more likely to be concerned about the NHS and spending cuts - only eight per cent said Brexit was the most important factor in their vote.
"We are ready to undertake negotiations on behalf of this country, to protect jobs and have a sensible free trade arrangement with Europe", he said.
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The Conservatives built their election campaign around May's ostensible strengths as a "strong and stable" leader, and the outcome is a personal slap in the face.
Nuttall quit as UKIP leader later Friday, after the party failed to win any seats.
The Times newspaper's front page declared that Britain was "effectively leaderless" and the country "all but ungovernable".
The alliance makes some modernizing Conservatives uneasy.
The Prime Minister's campaign was widely criticised for not engaging with voters and stumbling on key issues.
From the parties' inability to work together, to fears of another election or even a bad Brexit deal, voters want to know what the future holds and what sort of government the United Kingdom will get in the end.
The Conservatives won 319 seats, seven short of a majority in the House of Commons and 12 fewer than they had going into the election.
EU Budget Commissioner Guenther Oettinger said it may now be possible to discuss closer ties between Britain and the EU than May had initially planned, given her election flop. Davidson also said she had received reassurances from May that the party's deal with the DUP would not involve a rollback of gay rights.
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