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Tory David Davis proudly admitted he told Theresa May to call the election that robbed her of her Parliamentary majority.

But the Brexit Secretary says he hasn’t apologised to the Prime Minister because he “didn’t design the campaign.”

Asked by the BBC’s Andrew Marr what he thought of the campaign, he said: “Well, it didn’t work, did it?”

He said he took his “share of the blame” for calling the election, along with the 20 other cabinet ministers who said it was a good idea.

But it was reported on the day Mrs May called the snap poll that she spoke privately with Mr Davis before making the announcement.

But he denied the election result had given him a weaker hand in the Brexit negotiations.

He said: “It’s given us a different hand. I would have liked to have had a 100 majority for different reasons, frankly. But it gives a different hand.”

And he claimed Brussels had briefed during the campaign that if Theresa May had a huge majority she’d be able to make more concessions.

But the Brexit Secretary warned against Labour taking advantage of the PM’s slim working majority with “cynical opposition.”

“I think the public will draw a conclusion,” he said. “And this little wave of euphoria around Mr Corbyn may suddenly evaporate.”