Prime Minister Theresa May had called this snap election believing that she would be able to expand the Conservative majority, but instead she lost the majority. Now May says she will form a new government with Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party after the devastating election result.
After the most challenging night of her political career, British Prime Minister Theresa May met Queen Elizabeth II and asked permission to form a new government.
She needed to turn to the Democratic Unionist Party of Northern Ireland to give her the number of seats required after her Conservative Party suffered a big setback in the country’s general election — and weakening her own position on Brexit.