How will the UK election result affect Brexit? What happens if the Conservatives win?

Charles Grant, director of the Centre for European Reform (CER), said Britain is more likely to crash out without a deal if it refuses to make compromises on these issues. “It is hard to see how Theresa May will be able to make those compromises if she has a small majority,” Mr Grant said. “If she has a large majority, she can afford to have a Tory rebellion on the back benches… “A large majority means she is more able to choose if she makes compromises. We don’t know if she really wants to.”