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May tells MPs: I got us into this mess and I will get us out May tells MPs: I got us into this mess and I will get us out
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Theresa May has apologised to Tory MPs for the party's election performance, telling them "I got us into this mess I'll get us out of it."Theresa May has apologised to Tory MPs for the party's election performance, telling them "I got us into this mess I'll get us out of it."
Addressing a meeting of backbenchers, the PM reportedly said she would serve as "long as you want me to do".Addressing a meeting of backbenchers, the PM reportedly said she would serve as "long as you want me to do".
One senior backbencher told the BBC that she had appeared "contrite and genuine but not on her knees".One senior backbencher told the BBC that she had appeared "contrite and genuine but not on her knees".
It comes amid confusion over whether the Queen's Speech will be delayed as talks continue to form a government.It comes amid confusion over whether the Queen's Speech will be delayed as talks continue to form a government.
A senior minister has said he is "optimistic" that the Conservatives and Democratic Unionists will reach an agreement in the coming days that will allow a proposed Tory minority government to get its legislative programme through the Commons. A senior minister has said he was "optimistic" that the Conservatives and Democratic Unionists will reach an agreement in the coming days, that will allow a proposed Tory minority government to get its plans for the year ahead through the Commons, possibly as early on next Monday.
But Labour have said uncertainty as to whether the Queen's Speech will proceed as planned on 19 June shows the government is "in chaos". But Damian Green said he could not confirm the the Queen's Speech will proceed as planned on 19 June. Labour said the government was "in chaos".
At the same time, the first formal meeting of UK and EU officials since the election has concluded without a date being officially set for the start of Brexit talks.At the same time, the first formal meeting of UK and EU officials since the election has concluded without a date being officially set for the start of Brexit talks.
Mrs May has addressed a packed meeting of Tory MPs after her failure to win the election outright prompted days of speculation about her future. Mrs May has addressed a packed meeting of Tory MPs for 90 minutes after her failure to win the election outright prompted days of speculation about her future.
According to reports of the meeting, she accepted personal responsibility for calling the snap election and for the result, which saw her party lose its overall majority and have to rely on the support of others, telling them: "I got us into this mess, I'll get us out of it."According to reports of the meeting, she accepted personal responsibility for calling the snap election and for the result, which saw her party lose its overall majority and have to rely on the support of others, telling them: "I got us into this mess, I'll get us out of it."
'DUP veto'
On her own future, she said: "I will serve you as long as you want me"On her own future, she said: "I will serve you as long as you want me"
She reportedly told the MPs that the DUP would not have a "veto" on the government's agenda, particularly in areas of social policy where they disagree. Mrs May, who earlier chaired a two-hour cabinet meeting, reportedly told the party's 1922 committee that the DUP would not have a "veto" on the government's agenda, and there would be no watering down of equalities laws on which the two parties disagree.
The BBC's political editor Laura Kuenssberg said her "colleagues were demanding contrition and sounds like they got it". The BBC's political editor Laura Kuenssberg said the PM's "colleagues were demanding contrition and sounds like they got it". While calls for Mrs May to go had "faded", she said her authority was "extremely fractured" and she had acknowledged she was not "calling the shots" any more.
Reacting to the meeting, Tory MP Julian Knight that the prime minister had been "humble and steadfast and certain that we have to get on with the job of government and negotiating Brexit".
And his colleague Sarah Wollaston tweeted: "Conservative MPs all said they were standing with TM. As far as I'm concerned that hasn't changed."
Conservative figures have said the party needs to learn the lessons of its failure to win an overall majority and change direction in some areas.
Gavin Barwell, who lost his seat but has since been appointed Theresa May's chief of staff, said Jeremy Corbyn had "tapped into" public anger over Brexit and austerity, saying some voters were dismayed about the prospect of years of future public sector pay freezes.
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He told the BBC's Panorama that his party had to listen to Remain voters about their concerns. Meanwhile his colleague George Freeman said it was time for the government to "drop a hard Brexit" message and return to a "message of hope" he said Mrs May articulated when she first became prime minister.
Meanwhile, the Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson has said the priority of Brexit talks should be the economy and free trade and that other parties should be involved in negotiations.
After attending Monday's meeting of senior ministers and Tory officials, she said: "We do have to make sure that we invite other people in now. This isn't just going to be a Tory Brexit, this is going to have to involve the whole country."
Queen's Speech
Passing the Queen's Speech - which is written by ministers and presents an outline of its planned legislation for the next Parliamentary session - will be the first major test of Theresa May's proposed minority government.
If the government was defeated, it would be tantamount to a vote of no confidence.
Mr Green cited the ongoing negotiations with the DUP when he was asked if next Monday's speech had been delayed.
"I can't confirm anything yet until we know the final details of the agreement," he said.
"We know those talks are going well and also we know that, at this very important time, we want to produce a substantial Queen's Speech."
One of the reasons for the delay is also believed to be because the speech has to be written on goat's skin parchment, which takes a few days to dry - and the Tory negotiations with the DUP mean it cannot be ready in time.
BBC assistant political editor Norman Smith said there was an "ambiguity" about both what would go in it - with several manifesto pledges expected to be watered down or dropped - but also the need for the Tories to "nail down" DUP support.
Brexit Secretary David Davis predicted some parts of the Tory manifesto would have to be "pruned". While the result had been disappointing, he said Mrs May was a "formidable prime minister" and accused people speculating about her leadership of "the absolute height of self-indulgence".