British Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday admitted that she was “devastated” and shed “a little tear” after the exit poll result on June 8 election night revealed that she failed to win a majority in Parliament.
In her most honest interview yet about the election campaign, May told the BBC that the news came as a complete shock and that she had not seen it coming when husband Philip May broke the news to her on election night.
“It took a few minutes for it to sink in...We didn’t see that result coming. My husband gave me a hug and I cried a little tear,” she said. “When the result came through, it was a complete shock...I felt, I suppose, devastated really,” May, 60, said.
This is the first time the British Prime Minister has revealed her personal feelings in the wake of the general election that saw her ruling Conservative party drop down from 331 seats to 318, missing the magic 326 mark for an overall majority and having to rely on a supply and confidence agreement with Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) to get laws passed in Parliament.
May said she did not watch the exit poll herself, as “I have a little bit of superstition about things like that”.