- An exit poll carried out by polling company Ipsos, and paid for by the BBC, ITV and Sky says Starmer’s Labour Party will win the general election with 410 seats. The final outcome of the election should be clear by early on Friday.
- The exit poll put the Conservatives on 131 seats – its worst-ever performance – and the Liberal Democrats on 61. Support for the Scottish National Party (SNP) was predicted to have slumped to just 10 seats, compared with 48 at the last election.
- Polls closed at 10pm (21:00 GMT) after millions of voters cast their ballots across the UK in a snap general election called by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
- Voters were deciding whether the Conservative Party leader would remain in the top job or if Keir Starmer, head of the main opposition Labour Party, would become prime minister.
- Issues such as the cost of living, healthcare and housing have dominated voters’ concerns.
As much as I’m glad to see the Tories out after 14 years, I feel like we’ve now fully settled into a “Democrat/Republican” dichotomy. Team sports, team colours, but no functional difference in policies between parties. Labour will leftwash right wing policies so that the Tories can become even more extreme in a few years time. No joy in seeing red today.
But fuck you Keir Starmer, Corbyn lived.