UK elections ends in Hung Parliament - Theresa May under pressure to resign
Phew...
It was a close call, but Labour did much better than the Conservatives (Tories) had planned. Because they both had around 40% share of votes, combined with Conservative failing to reach the 326 constituencies required to win, this has result in hung parliament.
It was a long night, as BBC declared that parliament was hung at roughly 6:30 AM UK time. Corbyn announced a few hours before that Theresa May should resign, due to her failure in this snap election (similar to David Cameron's failed EU referendum). As May has caused a second public failure for the Tories, it's likely that she's receiving a lot of pressure from the party to step down, before their image is destroyed any more.
It's unlikely that Labour and the Tories will form a coalition (shared government), there are many things that could happen, including that we may be getting a second election in the upcoming days. If we get a second election, I urge you to vote for Labour if you care about the internet (see my article about why).
What happens to the current Conservative party in power?
The BBC explains, that Theresa May will stay in power until we can get a new government in place:
In a hung parliament, the Conservative government will remain in office - and Theresa May can live in Downing Street - until it is decided who will attempt to form a new government or unless she decides to resign.
There are several things that could happen now:
- Theresa May could resign, handing over power to Corbyn, therefore declaring victory for Labour
- MPs may vote for a second election to be held
- A coalition could be formed between 2 or more parties (unlikely at this point)
- The House of Commons may vote no confidence in May, forcing her to hand over to Labour
- A minority government may be formed. This may cause issues when passing laws, for example Labour may need votes from the Lib Dems and Green Party before being able to pass a law.
The main deadline is the 13th of June, when May needs to convince the House of Commons she's capable, or she will resign.
The second deadline is the 19th of June, when the Queen puts the laws into power. By this point, we should know for sure which government is going to rule the UK.
It's been a hectic night, however it's looking unlikely that the Conservatives can stay in power. I predict that by the second deadline, May will have resigned, and Labour will be in power.
I thought you meant 'hanged parliament' and got excited. At least some of the people see that Theresa May has to go. I hope she is replaced by someone better.
I'm from the US, but even I think Theresa May should resign! I was really hoping she would lose.
With the recent news of her wanting to censor the internet and ban encryption is scary. Back door it for the UK government, and you also backdoor it for the Chinese government. Or the master key will leak out, sorta like how those hackers took down the NHS using NSA tools. Plus in one of the articles I read, she wants to try to even do these things internationally, not sure how much other nations would work with her to do that but very bad path of thought she's going down.
What do you think Corbyn, the socialist, will do that will be an improvement over May? Take a look at Venezuela.
I don't really know much about the others, I just know anyone that attacks encryption and freedom of speech is no friend of mine.
When it comes to politicians, it's the lesser of the evils. They're all bad.
looks like British people woke up with loads of good news - Atleast FTSE (UK Stock Exchange) is very happy - Gap up opening of 1%...
Business and Investors are celebrating
So much for the Tory landslide that her tabloids predicted. Even with the support of every (Tory) newspaper Vinegar Lil took the country to new depths of mismanagement.
The UK deserves better.
These people are the REAL problems ALL over the world. When are the SHEEPLE going to wake up? Or do THEY have all these (and our) Elections rigged?
Domi
chaos, divide and conquer?
Corbyn has shown his strength throughout the whole process, proud to be backing LABOUR!
After her recent outburst against the internet, I'm all for Theresa stepping down.
given her propositions about the internet, it's like she WANTS the UK economy to fall behind technology-wise XS
Socialism fails.....every time.