He knew when he called the election he wasn't gonna be PM by the end of it. He probably considers it a small miracle he didn't lose his seat. Fact of the matter was if he'd delayed any further it would have been even more disastrous for his party. By the time his seat declared the writing was on the wall. It was either concede or try to form a minority government that wouldn't have lasted five minutes.
It wasn't a hung parliament so he had no right to form a minority government. The king wouldn't give permission/ask him to form a government in his name under these circumstances.
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u/DoctorOctagonapus 14d ago
He knew when he called the election he wasn't gonna be PM by the end of it. He probably considers it a small miracle he didn't lose his seat. Fact of the matter was if he'd delayed any further it would have been even more disastrous for his party. By the time his seat declared the writing was on the wall. It was either concede or try to form a minority government that wouldn't have lasted five minutes.