By AFPMore by this AuthorLONDONBritish Prime Minister Theresa May took the blame for the ruling Conservatives' disastrous performance at last week's elections, as she faced her party's angry MPs on Monday, seeking to ward off any challenge to her leadership. "I got us into this mess, and I'm going to get us out," May told Conservatives MPs during the meeting in Westminster. But one MP present at the meeting said there was no discussion of a leadership contest, adding "she's won, she's got to be prime minister". DEAD WOMAN WALKINGMay has a busy schedule on Tuesday, hosting a cabinet meeting and talks with the DUP leader before travelling to Paris to meet French President Emmanuel Macron. In a surprise move, Michael Gove was appointed environment and agriculture minister less than a year after the prime minister sacked him as justice minister.

Source: Daily Nation June 12, 2017 23:15 UTC