首相梅试图通过举行提前大选来加强她在谈判中的地位，但结果适得其反：她失去了议会多数地位，造成了一个悬浮议会（没有一个政党能够单独赢得多数 ） 。
Prime Minister Theresa May’s attempt to strengthen her negotiating position by holding a snap election badly misfired: she lost her parliamentary majority and created a hung parliament (no single party has a majority).