UK Election Results 2017: Investors worry over political risks as Brexit talks loom

Surprise election results show markets again worrying about political risk in all the wrong places

Nearly a year on from the Brexit vote that caused markets to start worrying about political risk, the U.K. is still the best in the business of supplying uncertainty. Investors should expect rocky political times to continue—especially as Brexit talks loom.

A general election that looked like a walk in the park for Prime Minister Theresa May —based on opinion polls when the snap vote was called in April—has turned out to be another shocker. While the final votes are being counted, it is clear the Conservative Party flubbed its expected