What a shambles - the worst possible outcome.

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Right, looks as if we have a government which cannot govern. The most incompetent leader in the history of the Labour Party in opposition who will probably be propped up by the SNP who wants to break up the UK. Then if Mrs. may does resign there is the possibility of that dangerous loose cannon and egotistical idiot Boris Johnson being voted in. For those voters who somehow seem to be considering that this is some kind of a coalition, forget it. Coalitions work together and hung parliaments like this will hang us all.

And remember that the Tories are very efficient at stabbing coalition partners in the back - so long term, it may turn out to be very bad news for the DUP. long term

Plus, they will join the Conservatives as scapegoats when the sunlit uplands of Brexit don't materialise.

And then phase 2 of this shambles will materialise, because this election has strengthened the hard left (which will be a disaster for whatever remains of the economy). Given labour were never going to win this, I was hoping that JC would be weakened and the labour moderates could regroup.

Well done to JC for coming back and really shaming the conservatives and some of his own party members who had no faith in him.
May has been terrible throughout her campaign. Saying that I don't think she should resign.

Ah well, this is the outcome I was dreading most. Good that finally the young turned out to vote, so fair play to Corbyn for inspiring them to do so. I fear for the country as a whole though in this scenario. Get ready to tighten belts even further.

I am (cautiously) optimistic that Labour will swing towards the centre between now and the next election. They will still be more left than they were pre-Corbyn, but not as much. The far left may be strengthened, but the public still voted to reject the current iteration of the Labour party, no matter how impressive Corbyn's late surge in popularity was.

The swing to the left following a Brexit delivered by a right wing coalition will be less drastic (and much less damaging) than a swing to the right following a Brexit delivered by a left wing coalition, in my opinion.

May did very well didn't she? In terms of number of votes. She just miscalculated about Labour mobilising the youth vote. 'She'd have got away with it if it weren't for those meddling kids...'

Also, the polls might have done it again. I mean, last time round many voted Tory to stop Ed Milliband from being PM, as the polls (wrongly) predicted. So we got a Tory majority. This time round, a May landslide was (wrongly) a given acc to the polls, so maybe loads of Tory supporters didn't bother, but the young Labour supporters thought, hey, a chance for a second bite at the cherry here (or first bite if first-time voter). Maybe some just voted to reduce a Tory landslide - which never was on the table anyway.