The right-wing press are talking up a putative "right" for the party with the most seats to have first dibs on forming a government. This would be close to a coup (over cucumber sandwiches and tea).

THE correct legal position is stated by the BBC, although, in my view, insufficiently emphasised, namely

"The only test for whether a government can be formed is whether it has the confidence of the House of Commons: in other words, "Can it assemble the votes it needs to get its programme of proposed new laws passed in the Queen's Speech?" The date of the Queen's Speech is Wednesday, 27 May."

It would be nice if the BBC had its grammar and punctuation right, though.