Conservative MPs for the first time. As she battled to cling to No 10 after her gamble on an early election backfired spectacularly, the PM said: 'I got us into this mess and I'm going to get us out of it.' The Prime Minister repeatedly apologised to her MPs she had served the party since she was 12 and would stay on as their leader 'as long as you want me to'. Mrs May was greeted to the meeting with around 25 seconds of table-banging and a brief cheer as she arrived at the crunch meeting in Parliament. But amid fury from her MPs the reception was far from the hero's welcome she might have enjoyed had she returned from the election with a healthy majority.
Theresa May signalled the end of austerity measures as took the blame for the Tory election disaster at a meeting of furious Conservative MPs .
As she battled to cling to No 10 after her gamble on an early election backfired spectacularly, the Prime Minister said: 'I got us into this mess and I'm going to get us out of it.'
Mrs
May was said to have accepted that Britons were fed up with cuts, after
top Tory ministers, including Boris Johnson and David Davis, told her
she had misjudged how the public felt.
The
Prime Minister repeatedly apologised to her MPs as she insisted she had
served the party since she was 12 and would stay on 'as long as you
want me to'.
Mrs May was greeted to the
meeting with around 25 seconds of table-banging and a brief cheer as
she arrived at the crunch meeting in Parliament. She left more than an
hour later to applause.
But amid fury
from her MPs at the 'dreadful' campaign the reception was far from the
hero's welcome she might have enjoyed had she returned with a healthy
majority.
Mrs May's appearance in front of her MPs came hours she met her reshuffled Cabinet for the first time.
The
Premier was declared to have 'overwhelming support' from her ministers
to carry on as the party closed ranks in the aftermath of the shock
election results.
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