Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has urged May to step down as prime minister and allow him to form a minority government. “Politics has changed. Politics isn’t going back into the box where it was before,” he said. Liberal Democrats leader Tim Farron also called on May to resign, saying her “extreme” Brexit plans were rejected by voters. Farron further called for Brexit talks to be delayed.“Only the Conservative and Unionist party has the legitimacy and ability to provide certainty” says Theresa May pic.twitter.com/4CMZyGGmvt
— Sky News (@SkyNews) June 9, 2017
Results
[image-autorefresh src=”http://tomtaylor20net.ipage.com/Election%20Results.jpg?noCache=true”]Tory MP Anna Soubry has said she needs to consider her position, while Nigel Evans blamed the social care policy for the loss of the majority, saying “we hijacked our own campaign.” He insisted he was supporting May but told the BBC “A load of our candidates that should have been winning up and down the country were absolutely slain on the cross of our own manifesto.” ‘Never have I seen a very successful campaign up until that point been hijacked by ourselves. We hijacked our own campaign and from then on it was an absolute disaster,” he added.
Exit poll
An exit poll conducted for the BBC, ITV and Sky projected a hung parliament, with the Conservatives falling 11 seats short of an overall majority.In Pictures
Live TV coverage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y60wDzZt8ygAs it happened
BBC is adjusting their forecast to give the Tories 8 extra seats at 322
— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) June 9, 2017
South Antrim: UUP gains 1400 new voters, but DUP gains 5500 and gains seat, first change in Northern Ireland. SF also gain 3000. #GE2017
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Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell: Theresa May "put party before country." Labour is "extremely cautious" about the #GE2017 results so far pic.twitter.com/XwiHxJZA1E
— Sky News (@SkyNews) June 9, 2017
The SNP’s leader in the House of Commons has lost his seat to the Conservatives.
Angus Robertson loses to the Tories – big scalp
— Laura Kuenssberg (@bbclaurak) June 9, 2017
The SNP’s leader in the House of Commons has lost his seat to the Conservatives.
Angus Robertson loses to the Tories – big scalp
— Laura Kuenssberg (@bbclaurak) June 9, 2017