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What Does a Hung Parliament Mean in the British System?

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The House of Commons at Westminster 1808 – link

If the numbers prove accurate, it would be impossible for naturally allied parties to form a majority

The U.K. election was supposed to be a foregone conclusion. Virtually anyone working in British politics thought that Conservative Prime Minister Theresa May was certain to win. But a shock projection of the results, released at 10 p.m. local time on Thursday immediately after voting finished, showed May would win just 314 of the British parliament’s…

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