Article 2SD9T UK's Hung Parliament: Conservatives Lose Majority; Labour's Corbyn Delivers Stunning Rebuke of PM May

UK's Hung Parliament: Conservatives Lose Majority; Labour's Corbyn Delivers Stunning Rebuke of PM May

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British Prime Minister Theresa May suffered a major setback Thursday in an election that saw her Conservative Party lose its majority in Parliament less than two weeks before the country is scheduled to begin talks over exiting from the European Union. May called the snap election three years early, expecting to win a large mandate to negotiate with European leaders over the terms of the so-called Brexit. Instead, Conservatives were left without a clear majority and a hung Parliament. Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, who ran on a platform of "For the many, not the few," said Thursday's election results show voters are "turning their backs on austerity." We're joined by Paul Mason, columnist for The Guardian, and Mehdi Hasan, award-winning British journalist and broadcaster at Al Jazeera English. He is host of the Al Jazeera interview program "UpFront" and a columnist for The Intercept.

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