UK election: disastrous night for Theresa May

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British Prime Minister Theresa May faced calls to quit on Friday after her election gamble to win a stronger mandate backfired, throwing British politics into turmoil and potentially delaying the start of Brexit negotiations.

With no clear winner likely to emerge from Thursday’s vote, a wounded May vowed to provide stability, while her Labour rival Jeremy Corbyn said she should step down.

An updated BBC forecast predicted May’s Conservatives would win 318 of the 650 House of Commons seats, eight short of a majority, while the left-wing opposition Labour Party would take 267 — producing a “hung parliament” and potential deadlock.

Sky News also predicted May would lose her majority, scoring somewhere between 315 and 325 seats.

With talks of unprecedented complexity on Britain’s departure from the European Union due to start in just 10 days’ time, there…

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