Published: 13 December 2019
Last updated: 4 March 2024
General Election exit poll projects large Conservative majority for Boris Johnson (Jewish Chronicle)
Jewish Labour Movement chair Mike Katz tweeted that, if the exit poll proves accurate, it would be "devastating, for people everywhere who would normally look to the the party to speak for them but found them wanting." In a clear suggestion Jeremy Corbyn should resign, he added: "They and many good MPs will carry the can for the multiple failures of the leader and his team".
UK general election 2019: exit poll predicts 86-seat Tory landslide majority (Guardian)
Corbyn resignation predicted after devastating exit poll (Times of Israel)
Tories seen trouncing Labour 368 to 191 in election centered on Brexit, but actual results not expected for several hours; would be one of Labour’s worst performances since WWII
UK election exit poll projects conservative majority, losses for Labour (Haaretz)
The exit poll in the UK election projects a solid Conservative majority of 86, with 268 seats to Labour's 191. This would give Prime Minister Boris Johnson the numbers needed to pass his Brexit deal next month. Official results will be declared over the next seven hours. The poll also projected the Scottish National Party receiving 55 seats and the Liberal Democrats 13.
Photo: BBC Television Centre is illuminated with the results forecast for Britain's general election in London (Tom Nicholson/Reuters)
