The final UK election exit poll has stunned the country, after all conventional wisdom pointed towards a victory for Theresa May, who herself was looking to gain a sweeping majority.
Many polls predicted a crushing defeat for Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour, with the Conservatives gaining a considerable majority. Others were less generous towards Theresa May, and showed a dramatic narrowing between the two parties as the campaigns progressed. But even then, when the numbers were relatively favourable for Labour, the Conservatives were still out in front.
If you cast your mind back before the snap election was called, you may remember the double-digit leads the Tories held over Labour, and the huge advantage in popularity May had over Corbyn. With these in mind, many Labour supporters were resigned to the fact they were never going to win, and had their eyes on simply reducing Theresa May’s majority.
But if the exit poll is accurate, this election could be one of the biggest political upsets in British history, beating even Brexit. The EU referendum that Leave won by 52 per cent was a huge upset, but was backed up by a number of polls – and predicted by some commentators – in the lead up to the vote. In comparison, almost no-one saw this election exit poll result coming.
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