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Conservatives Lose Overall Majority in U.K. Parliament
Theresa May Loses Overall Majority in U.K. Parliament
LONDON — Prime Minister Theresa May of Britain suffered a major setback in a tumultuous election on Thursday, losing her overall majority in Parliament and throwing her government into uncertainty less than two weeks before it is scheduled to begin negotiations over withdrawing from the European Union.
Mrs. May, the Conservative leader, called the snap election three years early, expecting to cruise to a smashing victory that would win her a mandate to see Britain through the long and difficult negotiations with European leaders over the terms of leaving the union.
But according to results reported early Friday morning, the extraordinary gamble Mrs. May made in calling the election backfired. She could no longer command enough seats to avoid a hung Parliament, meaning that no party has enough lawmakers to establish outright control.
We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists.
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Probably the worst possible outcome - a country adrift without a real captain.
"Do not confuse motion and progress, A rocking horse keeps moving but does not make any progress"
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Strategically isolated as well.
Separating from the EU, with an unstable US ally
We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists.
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