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Jeremy Corbyn enjoys kickabout as politics takes a backseat

The Mail on Sunday reported that Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson was set to launch a bid to oust May, while the Sunday Times said five cabinet ministers were urging him to do so.

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“I don’t think Theresa May and this government have any credibility”.

A record 200 women – a third of lawmakers – and over 40 openly gay, lesbian or bisexual parliamentarians won seats in Britain’s election, but charities warned on Friday of slow progress and called for political parties to be more inclusive.

While the party backed Britain’s exit from the European Union, it has pushed back in the past against a “hard Brexit“. She’s now attempting to form a government. Three British women of Bangladeshi origin have also done very well on the Labour ticket and we congratulate them on their win.

In contrast, Conservative voters were more likely to know from the outset which way they were voting, Lord Ashcroft said.

As her two top aides were told to quit for her to remain in power, there are rumours that Mrs May may not have the keys to number 10 for much longer.

The vicar’s daughter presented herself as a “strong and stable leader” but is now facing calls to resign after throwing away her party’s majority.

“In my view it may well just be a period of transition”, she told LBC radio.

A senior Conservative lawmaker was in Belfast on Saturday for talks with the DUP, a spokeswoman for May’s office said.

Downing Street said it hopes to finalise the deal next week, after Parliament resumes sitting.

Any such arrangement would be fraught with political risk for May, fuelling uncertainty among businesses over what the final terms of Britain’s departure from the European Union would look like, and how it will affect future trade with the bloc.

The alliance makes some modernising Conservatives uneasy.

From the start, an election called by May when polls gave her a commanding lead did not go to plan.

Concessions on such issues would seriously damage efforts by the DUP to secure a deal with Sinn Fein to restore Northern Ireland’s devolved government, which collapsed in January.

May confirmed she meant to start the Brexit talks on June 19 as planned, promising to “get to work”.

The debate on the Queen’s Speech usually lasts about five or six days.

Corbyn said Labour would try to amend the Queen’s Speech to include its own commitments to end austerity and boost public spending.

The two men in charge of Britain’s economy deliver their annual Mansion House speech on Thursday when they are likely to try to calm businesses and investors anxious by May’s precarious grip on power and the uncertain outlook for the United Kingdom economy which has lost a lot of its momentum of 2016.

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A shock result in Britain’s snap general election has resulted in a hung parliament in a major blow to Theresa May who wanted to boost the Conservatives majority in parliament.

How the opinion polls have changed during the election campaign