It's not ideal, but hardly a "disaster". A disaster is Stormont, where there's no governance at all or even more extreme nations such as Libya or Afghanistan. In comparison, Britain's democratic function is doing just fine and will get through this.

Also not true.
Being disappointed by a result does not mean not accepting it.
Suggesting that the result was not a great success for the torys does not mean not accepting it.
Questioning the ethics of their new partners does not mean not accepting it.
I am left wing. I love democracy. I accept the result.
I think it's those on the right that need to calm down a little, stop trying to cause arguments and above all quit the hyperbole.

In Question Time last night it was mentioned that you have to look at the result in terms of ones expectations. Mays expectations were high and positive, they expected an overwhelming win based on previous polls and instead they realised they did not have the support they expected. i would say part of their expectation would be to not lose seats and to not need to form a link with dup, so they have failed in that respect even though total seats and total votes were more than labour.
On the other hand, you have to hand it to Corbyn for his resilience. The press hated him, his own members resigned against him, he was constantly criticised & accused of being a terrorist sympathiser, and no wonder he is now smiling. Imagine feeling like the whole world is against you because you are not a showy politician, just policies. It was amusing to see Tom Watson sing his praises for him last night, all his backstabbers are suddenly supporting Corbyn. Interesting to see how this folds out.

Also our current neutral broker role now in NI will be harder to maintain if the link with DUP and tories goes ahead affecting the political stability there.

Are you suggesting that as a life long labour voter, I should this time have voted Tory?

I'm not talking about Britain's "democaratic function" whatever that is and you can't seriously compare our form of democracy with that in Libya or Afghanistan anyway.

What, I'm talking about is the wider ramifications of the result from a non-partisan point of view, not any constitutional issue or whatever you think I was talking about. Stormont is one of the reasons why I term the election result a "disaster". If the Tories had secured a majority they would not have needed the DUP to prop them up. I really don't think the fact that the DUP are propping up the Government is going to encourge a settlement to be reached and the ramifications thereafter I dread to imagine. Furthermore there will be tensions over Brexit and the DUP demands. The very fact that the Government was desperate enough to enter into an arrangement with the DUP when this has previously been avoided by previous Governments (John Major comes to mind) for obvious reasons, underlies my point.

With Brexit negotiations starting the week after next the election result is hardly morale-boosting and I for one have been totally uninspired by May's performance and leadership. Other than self-serving reasons there was no justification for calling this election. I have no confidence in David Davis, Liam Fox and the other exhumed MPs in whose hands our fate outside of the EU largely lies. In fact I would dare to suggest that May has weakened her position and therefore ours as a nation.

I'm not exactly sure what you are referring to when you say Britain will get through this - if you are referring to the election - of course we will. Only time will tell how much of a setback to the nation as a whole this unnecessary election gamble was.

 I support the left. I don't support the far left.

I support peaceful demonstrations and I also believe the people have the right to impeach or overthrow a government whose leaders are acting against the people and the country.

Dementia tax lost the Tories seats.

Ending student fees gained Labour votes.

It's certainly a slap down for the Tories and made them realise most people do not have trust funds or millions in the bank.

If Boris Johnson is elected leader of teh Tory party, it will be another non elected prime minister.

That will definately turn the Tory party into a joke party.

What a fool!

Its ego Dan. it got control of her and she thought she could do as she pleased and seize more power. She decided she could do things her way and everyone would just fall into line. ive seen ego destroy a few good things recently. 

The idea that people would follow anyone as hated as May to get a "result" from Brexit is madness! how on earth could anyone think that was going to happen? and thats before you consider she ran around saying "no deal is better than a bad deal" was just a great way to let everyone know she had no decent plan and no faith in her ability to get ANY deal. Even ignoring my bias here, there is no way on earth i would follow anyone spewing such blatant stupidity!! and yes, that includes Corbyn!! it would be pointless! and to play that game against someone with so much support, even against all the best efforts the haters made was utterly unthinkable! It shows really really bad decision making all round. 

Ploppi RE your last sentence, you speak as if this has still to happen. A party that was sitting in government that can pretty much do as the please decides to call a snap election surprising half the cabinet, now in turmoil, has to go cap in hand to the DUP to get anything done, how much bigger can the joke get ?

thanks Doyle, have just found out it in another place, it couldn't be shown "due to the nature of the image"

Thanks to all, now at least we understand better what we're up against!

Hilarious.

Problem is that if all of those "left wing parties" joined in a coalition, I think many of their voters would actually disagree with the joint beliefs of those parties. It's only fair if you held another election with people having the simple choice between two different coalitions.

add "Renewable Heat Incentive scandal" to that list.