London — British Prime Minister Theresa May began talks on Tuesday to form an alliance with Northern Ireland’s ultraconservative Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) in order to cling to power after her election fiasco, leaving the European Union’s (EU) Brexit negotiator wondering when divorce talks will begin. Days after May lost her parliamentary majority in a failed electoral gamble, the premier welcomed the leader of the DUP to Downing Street in a bid to gain the support of its 10 MPs. May hopes with the backing of the DUP, her Conservatives will again command the majority they lost in last week’s general election. The arrival of the DUP’s Arlene Foster followed a cabinet meeting, during which ministers went over plans "to deliver the best possible Brexit deal", according to a government spokeswoman. Also on the cabinet’s agenda were talks to secure an alliance where the DUP back the Conservatives on a vote-by-vote basis in parliament, rather than a formal coalition government. Befor...
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