Shock election result brings Britain to its knees

What happens now?

It is the question everyone is asking after news that the UK election has ended in a hung Parliament.  326 seats are needed for majority but the Conservative party only managed 313. Labour is next with 260. That means no party can form a majority on its own.

Already there are calls for Prime Minister Theresa May to resign. May had called an early election but her plan certainly backfired. 

Jeremy Corbyn, Leader of the Opposition since 2015, was originally thought to be unelectable. Called ‘scruffy’ and ‘hard left’, the Labour leader could very well be next to take her place. Speaking after the news of the hung parliament he gave May a clear message. “If there is a message from tonight’s results it’s this. The Prime Minister called the election because she wanted a mandate. Well the mandate she’s got is lost conservative seats, lost votes, lost support and lost confidence,” Corbyn said. “I would thought that’s enough to go, actually and make way for a government that will be truly representative of all of the people in this country.”

Traders are expecting bad times too with the pound already falling before the news was confirmed.

Experts are also saying Brexit negotiations may be delayed. They were originally set to begin in June 19.

Shock political results are nothing new. Just look at the US. Trump’s presidency is still creating waves, even today with the former FBI director calling him a ‘liar’. While his election didn’t make the US dollar fall for long it has certainly shaken up many things. As well as heightened nuclear tensions in Asia there has been a rethink about climate change. 

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