Theresa May he won, but his political gamble ended in failure. In the British general elections, called in advance by the Conservative prime minister in order to strengthen the majority and have more power in the Brexit negotiations with the EU, the Tories they are confirmed as the leading party in the country (42,33%), but lose the absolute majority. With the counting almost complete, they stop at 309 seats, far from the threshold necessary to govern alone (326), very far from the result obtained two years ago with David Cameron (330).
I Labor they reached 260 seats, gaining about thirty compared to the previous elections. The Whig leader, Jeremy Corbyn, has called for May's resignation: "She has lost support, she has lost seats and she has lost votes, I think it is enough for her to leave". Even in the Conservative Party there are those who would like the Premier to step back (the Financial Times mentions the names of Boris Johnson, Amber Rudd, David Davis and Michael Fallon for the succession), but she - for the moment - seems willing to remain at the own place.
Once the result is obtained, May, visibly disappointed, underlined that the country needs stability and that the Tories will work to guarantee it. Of course, to govern they will have to find an ally they didn't need until yesterday. A possible (but not sufficient) alliance is the one with the Northern Ireland Unionist Party, which, with its 10 seats, has said it is willing to negotiate for a coalition government.
The spokesman of the Liberal Democrats (who obtained 12 seats), Menzies Campbell, said hotly: "It seems to me very difficult that our leader can join a coalition". Party president Sal Brinton explained that the Libdems do not intend to collaborate with either Labor or the Tories because both are in favor of a "hard Brexit". Therefore a coalition is not possible due to the "major political differences" between the parties.
Sharp decline for the separatists Scots from Nicola Sturgeon's SNP, who are confirmed as the first party in their northern stronghold, but with only 34 seats against the 56 (out of Scotland's total of 59) won two years ago.
Whoever disappears from Parliament is theukip: the Eurosceptic party – in fact semi-dismantled after the Brexit victory – stops at 1,6%, losing 10,8% compared to 2015.
On the currency market, the election results provoked the collapse of the pound: -2%, to 1,28 against the dollar and below 1,14 against the euro.
