Britain Votes but Doesn't Decide
Prime Minister Theresa May will go to Buckingham Palace Friday to inform the Queen that she will attempt to form a government despite failing to win a majority in last night's general election.
May will arrive at the Palace at 12:30 London time, Downing Street confirmed after several media outlets reported that she'll attempt to form a government with the support of ten elected lawmakers from Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party. With current projections pointing to May's Conservative Party gaining 318 seats, a tie-up with the DUP would give her the narrowest of majorities in the 650-seat chamber.
There is no insight into whether there will be a formal coalition between the Conservatives and the DUP or if they will operate a "confidence and supply arrangement" - whereby the DUP would support a minority government on vital matters in return for some of their policies being enacted.
With one constituency left to declare, May's Conservative party now holds 317 seats, with Labour gaining 29 seats to 261, a shock defeat for May who held a majority before calling the snap election.
This article was written by a staff member of TheStreet.
