Theresa May's top advisors quit after election failure

Theresa May’s top two aides have quit after the Conservative Party’s poor showing in the UK election.Nick Timothy and Fiona Hill, both May’s co-chiefs of staff, announced they were resigning after the Tories failed to win a majority.May is fighting for her political life after calling the snap general election in order to strengthen her parliamentary majority ahead of Brexit talks.But after the election gamble backfired the Conservatives have had to begin talks with the Democratic Unionist Party in order to form a government.“The reason for the disappointing result was not the absence of support for Theresa May and the Conservatives but an unexpected surge in support for Labour,” Timothy wrote on ConservativeHome.com. “I take responsibility for my part in this election campaign, which was the oversight of our policy programme. “In particular, I regret the decision not to include in the manifesto a ceiling as well as a floor in our proposal to help meet the increasing cost of social care.”