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This is not going to be a five year parliament given the outcome. It might not be a five month parliament.

Corbyn most definitely lost, no argument there. But so did May. She set out to get a mandate for her vision of the future. She has none.

Personally I think both of them should go. But May will struggle on due to the lack of viable alternatives, and Corbyn will continue to do ...whatever the heck it is that he's doing... because of low expectations.

I am similarly worried about the idea of spinning this as a left-wing win. Yes, much better than expected, but still a loss.

That said, I don't expect a conservative government to stand at all. I'm putting my money on another general election this year.

DUP has a softer stance on Brexit than the tories. Soft Brexit was their condition for forming the coalition.