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| The British election has redrawn the political landscape once again (AFP Photo/DANIEL SORABJI) |
London
(AFP) - Britain's newspapers lambasted Prime Minister Theresa May on Friday
after she lost her Conservative majority in the general election, weakening her
authority.
She pledged
to continue with her plans for the looming Brexit talks, but newspapers said
her standing had been diminished.
The Sun,
Britain's biggest-selling newspaper, simply said "Mayhem" on its
front page.
"She
gambled... and she lost," the Conservative-backing tabloid said.
"Britain
is about to find out the price of that failure. Brussels will be licking its
lips.
"At
the start of the election campaign, she was seen as a safe pair of hands.
"It is
almost inconceivable that seven weeks later, the Tory majority has been wiped
out."
"Britain
on a knife edge," headlined the pro-May Daily Mail, saying her gamble in
calling a snap general election to boost her majority had "backfired
disastrously".
The London
Evening Standard is edited by George Osborne, sacked by May as Britain's finance
minister when she took office in 2016.
"Queen
of Denial", said its front page after she returned to Downing Street to
form a government without mentioning her losses.
"PM
ignores disaster at polls as she pledges to provide 'certainty'."
Its cartoon
inside showed May in the pocket of a hardcore Ulster unionist in traditional
Orangeman.
"Her
authority is non-existent," the editorial said.
"We
now have a minority Conservative government that is in office but not in
power."
"Shock
for May", said The Daily Telegraph, a conservative broadsheet.
"May's
big gamble fails," said The Times.
"A
failed campaign leaves Theresa May humbled and her party reeling," its
editorial said.
"It is
hard to see her authority going unchallenged by cabinet colleagues for
long."
The
Financial Times business daily said May "seeks to cling to power with N.
Ireland party", referring to the Democratic Unionists, on whose support
she will now rely.
The
pro-Labour Daily Mirror said May's authority was "hanging by a thread"
following "the most sensational political disaster for generations".
In the
outgoing parliament, May had a slim working majority of 17 seats in the
650-seat House of Commons.
With one
result to come Friday, the Conservatives had 318 seats, Labour 261, the
Scottish National Party 35 and the Liberal Democrats 14. The Democratic
Unionists won 10 seats.
At the
start of the election campaign, opinion polls predicted May would possibly romp
home with as high as a triple-digit majority.
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