Britain's Theresa May comes under pressure to soften her stance on Brexit

“We now have a Parliament that’s gridlocked,” said John Springford, research director for the London-based Centre for European Reform. “It doesn’t appear that there’s a majority for hard Brexit, a majority for soft Brexit, or certainly not a majority for remain. It’s a very confused picture.”

In a measure of just how confused, Springford said he could see the results pushing in either direction – toward “a chaotic, hard Brexit because they can’t reach a deal,” or toward a much less severe break “because the soft Brexiteers are emboldened.”

“It’s very hard to say which way it will go,” he said.