UK Parliamentary Election: Prime Minister Theresa May's Failed 'Gamble'

Not only did Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative Party fail to gain seats as originally targeted, it also lost its absolute majority in the British House of Commons.

"Shock", "Horror", "Failed Bet", "Mrs. May's Nightmare"... these are the big headlines running in British newspapers on June 9 after the official results of the early general election in the UK showed that the Conservative Party of British Prime Minister Theresa May lost the absolute majority in the British House of Commons.

British Prime Minister Theresa May. Photo: Reuters

With this result, the Conservative Party and Mrs. May will have a difficult time ahead. Calls for Mrs. May to resign were immediately made, especially from the leader of the Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn - the party had a strong breakthrough in the election on June 8 when it won 31 more seats.

However, whether Mrs. May resigns or not, the big challenge for the Conservative Party will be to form a strong government in the coming time.

There are two scenarios: one is that the Conservative Party will have to find a way to ally with smaller parties to form a coalition government, the other is that the Conservative Party will form a government on its own, but in this case it will only be a minority government. In any scenario, the difficulties are very great and British politics is expected to have many fluctuations in the coming time.

One thing is certain: the result of the general election on June 8, even if it is a defeat for Mrs. May's government, will not change Britain's decision on Brexit.

All parties in the UK, whether Conservative or Labour, consider Brexit a fait accompli and the possibility of reversing the Brexit decision is impossible. In fact, British voters are also more concerned with internal issues of the UK such as social security, health, and especially security than the topic of Brexit.

However, this result may have certain impacts on the Brexit negotiation process between the UK and the European Union, first of all in terms of progress. According to the plan, on June 19, the UK and the European Union will have their first negotiation meetings, but with the current political situation in the UK, this deadline may be postponed due to the urgency for the Conservative Party to form a new Government.

In addition, failing to achieve the goal in the general election on June 8 could also shake Prime Minister May's tough stance on a "hard Brexit", especially in the context that the opposition Labour Party wants a more flexible approach to Brexit./.

According to VOV