Blair-style landslide or βsupermajorityβ: what different results would mean for Labour
Three final polls forecast big Labour wins, but a massive majority could be a blessing and a curse for Starmer
With hours to go before the polls opened on Thursday, the partiesβ expectation management machines went into overdrive. The cabinet minister Mel Stride, one of the only senior Tories to willingly defend the partyβs record during the campaign, conceded his party faced electoral oblivion. Meanwhile, Labour activists warned of jitters over swathes of βshy Reformersβ backing Nigel Farageβs hard-right party.
Three final polls forecast big Labour wins, with the Tories projected to tot up their worst-ever losses and a series of long-held records expected to be broken.
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