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
Official Labour reaction to ten exit poll: If this poll turns out to be anywhere near accurate, it would be an extraordinary result.
— iain watson (@iainjwatson) June 8, 2017
Suddenly very relevant: What are exit polls and are they reliable?
— Financial Times (@FT) June 8, 2017
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I have to say, the Lib Dems are also warning that this exit poll seems to have overestimated the vote they expect. They're v cautious.
— Kate McCann (@KateEMcCann) June 8, 2017
Scottish Conservatives sources are urging lots and lots of caution. This is nowhere near what they were expecting.
— Jamie Ross (@JamieRoss7) June 8, 2017
Former UK finance minister Osborne says exit poll 'catastrophic' if true. More #GE2017 updates here: https://t.co/a4JDNadt1d pic.twitter.com/MNdZDLXPLp
— Reuters World (@ReutersWorld) June 8, 2017