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Full text of ' THE DAILY NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR TIMES Friday June 9 2017 I thetimes.co.uk I No 72245 What next for Britain? Only £1 to subscribers £1.60 t. Pages 2-11 Best arts courses May’s big gamble fails. Exit poll points to Tories losing overall majority. Labour forecast to gain seats as Corbyn confounds rival Francis Elliott Political Editor Sam Coates Deputy Political Editor Theresa May was heading for humilia- tion and facing calls to quit last night as early results indicated that her gamble to call a snap election had backfired.
The Tories were falling short in seats in Labour’s heartlands while losing ground in the south as the first 40 of 650 results appeared to bear out the projections of a shock exit poll. That pointed to the Conservatives losing 16 seats to take 314, against the 326 which she would need to govern alone. Labour would add 34 seats to take 266 in total, with the Lib Dems on 14, up five, and the SNP down 22 to 34. The exit poll, conducted for the BBC, ITV and Sky, has a record of greater accuracy than conventional polls. It underestimated the size of David Cam- eron’s tally in 2015, however, and Tory hopes were pinned on picking up sub- stantially more seats than it predicted. Defeats in target seats such as Dar- lington and Wrexham, however, plunged the Tories into gloom. Among the significant losses expected were Amber Rudd, the home secretary, and Nick Clegg, the former Lib Dem leader.
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Victories in seats like Pudsey even hint- ed that the exit poll may have underes- timated Labour’s performance. Labour claimed the first scalp of the election in Scotland, ousting the SNP in Ruther- glen & Hamilton West. Jeremy Corbyn said that whatever the final result “we have already changed the face of British politics”.
The Tories were nevertheless most likely to be the largest party and will be in pole position to form a government. A slender working majority would leave Mrs May’s grip on power weaken- ed and place a huge question mark over her ability to deliver Brexit on the terms she has so far set out. Coalition negotiations on the exit poll numbers would compel the Tories to strike an agreement with Northern Irish Unionist parties and potentially others.
George Osborne, the former chan- cellor, suggested that Mrs May would have to resign if the “catastrophic” re- sult proved accurate. “It’s difficult to see how she can put together a governing coalition, but it’s hard to see how Labour can either,” he said. With Brus- Theresa May voting in her Maidenhead constituency. Last night she faced calls to resign if the exit polls were borne out Exit poll Conservatives Labour 314(46) 266 (+34) SNP Lib Dems Plaid Cymru Greens Ukip Other 34 (-22) 14 (+5) I 3 (— ) 1 (-) 0(4) 18 GfK/lpsos MORI for BBC, ITV, Sky.
In total, 30,450 people were interviewed as they exited from 144 polling stations across the UK How the pound dropped -$ 1.30 May June ^ ' 26 28 30 01 02 04 06 07 08 ' sels watching closely, there were fears that Britain would be in a weakened ne- gotiating position when Brexit talks begin in ten days’ time. The pound fell sharply after the exit poll. Having traded at about $1,295 shortly before it was published it fell to as low as $1.27 and €1.13. Before the exit poll an analysis by Bloomberg suggest- ed that the pound could fall to $1.23 against the dollar in the event of a hung parliament. Emily Thornberry, the shadow for- eign secretary, said that Mrs May should resign because she had “mani- festly failed”.
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An exit poll is based on 30,450 inter- views outside polling centres. It asks people how they voted and compares that with previous election surveys. In 2015, when conventional polls suggested that Ed Miliband would become prime minister, an exit poll by John Curtice, professor of politics at Strathclyde University, revealed that Mr Cameron’s Tories would win an overall majority. It put the Conserva- tives on 316 seats and Labour on 239: the Tories ended up winning 15 more and Labour seven fewer. Some Tories had set Mrs May a threshold of 90 or more to justify going to the polls. Mrs May called the election on April 18 despite having ruled it out during the Tory leadership race.
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Cabinet ministers appeared to be at risk. The result looked likely to be an extraordinary humiliation for the prime minister, who has been in office barely 11 months and will be the short- est incumbent since Ramsay MacDo- nald and Bonar Law in the 1920s. Tory MPs and senior party figures were beginning to circle Mrs May, pointing out errors in her campaign and shortcomings in her personal ap- proach and questioning how best to proceed.
Many of them complained about the hubris shown by her team. Asked to guarantee that Mrs May would not have to resign, Liam Fox said: “It’s very early in the evening and well have to wait and see.” One Tory source: “To think you undo the entire detoxification strategy and it doesn’t yield results” One minister said: “I think we will end up better than the exit poll — per- haps even with a similar working majority — and will be deemed to have lost. Messy.” Conservative Home, the website, called for Mrs May’s joint chiefs of staff Nick Timothy and Fiona Hill, who will be held responsible for calling the elect- ion, to be ousted. It will demand that cabinet government is restored while the party comes to terms with the re- sult. Last night there were reports that Boris Johnson was taking soundings. Senior politicians from Labour and the Tories were suggesting that they may try to govern as a minority.
Ken Clarke, the former chancellor, ap- peared to be the first senior Tory to crit- icise Mrs May. He said that he guessed that the Tories were on course for a small overall majority. “The worst out- come for the United Kingdom would be a hung parliament,” he said, adding that there needed to be a “deeper debate” on Brexit and more cross-party co-opera- tion, which was a sign that Mrs May should change course. In a further criti- cism, he said: “We don’t know what Brexit policy we are going to pursue.” Priti Patel, the cabinet minister, said that it was “too early” to talk about Mrs May’s future. She said that it was “not right to say we haven’t focused on Brex- it”, and highlighted the prime minister’s 12 -point plan, whereas “others want to frustrate Brexit and Labour doesn’t have a coherent plan”. She also defend- ed Mrs May’s decision to call an elect- ion, saying that she was “clear” it was about “looking to the future and strengthening her hand”. Sir Craig Oliver, former director of communications for David Cameron, told Sky News: “If this is true, if this is accurate, in CCHQ there will be deep and lasting shock.
It was the biggest gamble a politician has taken for a long time and if that exit poll is right, it’s failed.” Mrs May called the election on April 18, asking the country for a bigger majority with which to deliver Brexit. She claimed that opposition parties wanted to block Brexit while pro-Brexit Tory MPs put pressure on her adminis- tration to ensure a hard Brexit. The gamble looked set to fail. Mrs May needs the backing of 326 MPs — a technical majority of two — to control the House of Commons, although with the prospect of tight votes she would want the backing of far more.
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In the event that the Tories do not have an overall majority, they are likely to have The spectre of Jeremy Corbyn looked down on the Conservatives last night as the to seek help from other political parties with differing views on Brexit to get the huge legislative burden through the Commons. Last night the Liberal Democrats said that they would not enter any coalition deals or pacts with any party. Parties in Northern Ireland were quick to offer Mrs May support. The Democratic Unionists, who backed Brexit, made clear that they were pre- pared to support her.
Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, of the DUP, hailed the exit poll, saying that his party would be “serious players” in a hung parliament, and vowed to lend its support to the Tories on issues such as Brexit and keeping the UK together. He told the BBC: “This is perfect territory for the DUP because obvious- ly if the Conservatives are just short of an overall majority it puts us in a very strong negotiating position and. That is one we would take up with relish.” The SNP, which the poll suggested would win 34 seats, has refused to do anything that would put the Conserva- tives in Downing Street and would be likely to block Mrs May’s attempt to stay in power.
TORY CONTENDERS Boris Johnson, 52, foreign secretary, Uxbridge & Ruislip South Could claim to have the charisma and imagination Mrs May lacked. David Davis, 68, Brexit secretary, Haltemprice & Howden Brexit talks begin in days and he is more familiar with them than any other Tory MP.
Sir Michael Fallon, 65, defence secretary, Sevenoaks Sir Michael has no faction - Governing will need such flexibility. Amber Rudd, 53, home secretary, Hastings & Rye Her passionate support of Remain could attract moderate Tories. If she holds her seat.
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