When Conservative leader Theresa May called a snap general election for June 8th with her party holding a 20-point poll lead, few could have predicted last night’s election result, in which there was no outright winner.

Over the last few weeks, the Tories’ polling lead was gradually collapsing, and their worst fears were realised on election night, as Labour claimed seats and the Conservatives lost their majority.

The election was dubbed by many as the Brexit election, with Theresa May arguing that she called the election to strengthen her hand in negotiations. However, election night was very disappointing for May.

When the exit polls came out at 10pm on election night, predictions that were very accurate, the pound plummeted against the dollar, and May’s Brexit plans appeared to be in jeopardy.

And as results slowly dwindled in, May’s fears were realised, as Tories lost seats to a resurgent and youthful Labour Party across England, with the SNP losing ground in Scotland to Lib Dems, Labour and in particular the Conservatives.

Former Chancellor George Osborne has said that Theresa May’s so called hard Brexit is “in the bin”, and added that she could become one of the shortest-serving Prime Ministers in history. Theresa May promised a hard Brexit in the Conservative manifesto.

Today, the European Commission has said that it wants to get on with negotiating, with a senior European diplomat saying that the result has left Brexit “closer to the EU”, and that whoever the Prime Minister will have the “wiggle room to revisit decisions to exit the single market and customs union”.