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Tories’ target turns from red to blue

Workington Man has picked up the football, dodged the timid Labour defence to score under the posts at the blue end.

Jacquelin Magnay

uk electionThe Times

Opposition Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn leaves his home in north London on December 13, 2019. - The Labour party suffered its worst electoral performance since before World War II, forcing leader Jeremy Corbyn to announce plans for his departure. (Photo by Tolga AKMEN / AFP)

Corbyn blames Brexit for wipeout

Jeremy Corbyn will quit as British Labour leader following the party’s disastrous polling in the general election.

HENRY ZEFFMAN

The Wall Street Journal

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks at a campaign event at the Queen Elizabeth II Centre in London, Friday, Dec. 13, 2019. Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party has won a solid majority of seats in Britain's Parliament â€” a decisive outcome to a Brexit-dominated election that should allow Johnson to fulfill his plan to take the U.K. out of the European Union next month. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Traditional class-party links flip

The Tories’ win was propelled by a shift in voter allegiances that mirrors a realignment seen in the US and elsewhere in the West.

MAX COLCHESTER and JAMES HOOKWAY

UK electionWorld

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - DECEMBER 12: Nicola Sturgeon, gives television interviews at the Glasgow election count at the SECC on December 12, 2019 in Glasgow, Scotland. The SNP are expecting to return the highest number of seats in Scotland after the current Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson called the first UK winter election for nearly a century. This is an attempt to gain a working majority to break the parliamentary deadlock over Brexit. The election results from across the country are being counted overnight and an overall result is expected in the early hours of Friday morning. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Result risks end of UK

Boris Johnson has trounced the election, but the results are unsettling for the future of the United Kingdom.

Jacquelin Magnay

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Isaac Levido, CrosbyTextor and Boris Johnson Advisor. Picture: Supplied

Tories’ secret Aussie weapon

Senior Tories heap praise on young Australian political strategist who masterminded Conservative landslide.

Adam Creighton

CommentaryLeadership

Britain's Prime Minister and Conservative leader Boris Johnson (L) waits with other candidates as the results are read out for the race to be MP for Uxbridge and Ruislip South at the count centre in Uxbridge, west London, on December 13, 2019 after votes were counted as part of the UK general election. - Prime Minister Boris Johnson's ruling party appeared on course for a sweeping victory in Thursday's snap election, an exit poll showed, paving the way for Britain to leave the EU next month after years of political deadlock. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP)

Three little words deliver Boris Johnson victory

A ho, ho Bo Jo Christmas and Trump’s sign-off on a trade tariff agreement with China herald a Santa rally.

Ticky Fullerton

COMMENTARYCommentary

BENFLEET, UNITED KINGDOM - DECEMBER 11: Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson poses after hammering a

Labour now means inner-city lefties

Working class voters deserted a Labour that judged them pig-ignorant. There’s no other way to read results coming out of Britain.

Caroline Overington

READER COMMENTSCommentary

The broadcaster's exit poll results projected on the outside of the BBC building in London shows Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party predicted to win 368 seats and a majority (L) and Jeremy Corbyn's opposition Labour Party to win 191 seats, as the ballots begin to be counted in the general election on December 12, 2019. (Photo by Tolga Akmen / AFP)

‘Corbyn can now exit stage left’

Your say on Corbynism’s high noon, Donald Trump’s latest Greta tweetfest, and a slapdown for Hugh Grant.

Jason Gagliardi

COMMENTARYCommentary

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - DECEMBER 12: Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn poses outside the polling station at Pakeman Primary School, Holloway on December 12, 2019 in London, England. The current Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson called the first UK winter election for nearly a century in an attempt to gain a working majority to break the parliamentary deadlock over Brexit. The election results from across the country will be counted overnight and an overall result is expected in the early hours of Friday morning. (Photo by Peter Summers/Getty Images) **BESTPIX**

Emphatic rejection of Corbyn

This is the moment, much more even than the 2016 referendum, when Britain really decided to leave the EU.

Greg Sheridan

EXCLUSIVEWorld

Corbyn ‘nowhere near up to the job’

Best selling novelist Jeffrey Archer has urged British voters to back Boris Johnson in the most important UK election in a generation.

Adam Creighton

Politics

The Palace of Westminster housing the Houses of Parliament is seen from Westminster Bridge with a Union Flag in the foreground in central London on August 28, 2019 - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Wednesday that the suspension of parliament would be extended until October 14 -- just two weeks before the UK is set to leave the EU -- enraging anti-Brexit MPs. (Photo by DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP)

Aussies back closer ties with Britain

A majority of Australians support closer ties with Britain once it breaks away from the European Union.

Ben Packham

UK ELECTIONWorld

Boris Johnson, with his dog Dilyn (left) and Jeremy Corbyn cast their votes in the UK Election. Pictures: Getty Images

Boris boom or Corbyn communism?

Today is the day that Britain changes forever. If Boris Johnson wins, Britain leaves the EU by the end of January.

Greg Sheridan

The Times

STIRLING, SCOTLAND - DECEMBER 11: First Minister Nicola Sturgeon stands by a Christmas tree as she campaigns with SNP candidate for Glasgow Central Alison Thewliss following her last general election campaign event on December 11, 2019 in Glasgow, Scotland. The SNP Leader warned voters during the last day of campaigning that Scotland cant afford five more years of Boris Johnson, calling on voters to back the SNP to lock him out of number 10 and escape Brexit on Thursday. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Labor ‘best’ would be hung parliament

Britain’s Labour Party is preparing to adopt key policies proposed by fellow opposition parties to woo them into backing a minority government.

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Party appeals but leader a liability

If Labour had a decent leader, it would easily win today’s cliff-hanger general election.

Adam Creighton

World

Britain's Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader Boris Johnson holds his dog Dilyn as he leaves after voting in the general election at Methodist Central Hall, Westminster, London, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019. The general election in Britain on Thursday will bring a new Parliament to power and may lead to a change at the top if Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party doesn't fare well with voters. Johnson called the early election in hopes of gaining lawmakers to support his Brexit policy. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Red alert for Boris on poll eve

Britain is at a crossroads in the knife-edge election that could see it lurch to the far left or finally exit the EU.

Jacquelin Magnay

The Times

MIDDLESBROUGH, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 11: Supporters react to the speeches during a stump speech by party leaderJeremy Corbyn at the Sporting Lodge Inn on December 11, 2019 in Middlesbrough, England. The rally comes as party leader Mr Corbyn visited Labour activists in Cleveland as part of his final campaign tour before polling day. (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)

Final Tory plea: ‘Let’s end gridlock’

Boris Johnson invoked the memory of the 2012 Olympics as he urged voters to “stop the chaos” at Thursday’s poll.

HENRY ZEFFMAN and OLIVER WRIGHT

The Times

LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 11: Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks at the Copper Box Arena on December 11, 2019 in London, United Kingdom. Boris Johnson spent the final day of the general election campaign visiting constituencies from West Yorkshire to Wales, trying to persuade voters to elect Conservative MPs and give him a governing majority to secure his Brexit deal. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Farage vote risks Labour rule: BoJo

Boris Johnson has warned against a vote for the Brexit Party after a new analysis revealed that Nigel Farage could stop the Tories taking 16 seats.

Steven swinford and Francis Elliott

UK pollWorld

Britain's Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn gestres as he speaks at a general election campaign event on the final day of campaigning, in Bedford, north of London on December 11, 2019. - Britain will go to the polls tomorrow to vote in a pre-Christmas general election. (Photo by DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP)

Corbyn: experts wrong, we’ll win

Jeremy Corbyn insists the polls have got it wrong about a Tory majority or hung parliament, and Labour will win outright.

Jacquelin Magnay

UK ELECTIONInquirer

Inside the tactical battle for Britain

Boris Johnson holds a clear lead in the polls but the UK election is unlikely to be that simple. Here’s everything you need to know.

Jacquelin Magnay

British electionWorld

DERBY, UNITED KINGDOM - DECEMBER 11: Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson eats a portion of pie on the campaign bus after a visit to the Red Olive catering company on the final day of campaigning before Thursday's general election on December 11, 2019 in Derby, England. The UK will go to the polls on December 12, the third General Election in less than five years. (Photo by Ben Stansall-WPA Pool/Getty Images)

UK election now on knife edge

In the campaign’s final hours, Boris Johnson appealed to the Conservative heartland.

Jacquelin Magnay

World

UTTOXETER, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 10: Sajid Javid, U.K. chancellor of the exchequer delivers a speech during a general election campaign event at JCB construction company on December 10, 2019 in Uttoxeter, United Kingdom. The U.K will go to the polls in a general election on December 12. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Aussies to be treated the ‘same as French’

Immigration into Britain would be lower and Australians would be treated the same as the French if Boris Johnson wins.

Adam Creighton

World

Opposition Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn (C) sits with school children during a campaign event at Sandylands Community Primary School in Morecambe, northwest England on December 10, 2019. - Britain will go to the polls on December 12, 2019 to vote in a pre-Christmas general election. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP)

Corbyn in society shake-up

Jeremy Corbyn promises a remix of British society, with a strong emphasis on raising the lot of Britain’s disenfranchised.

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Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson carries a crate of milk to deliver to customers at Greenside Farm, Leeds on December 11, 21019 on the final day of campaigning before a general election. (Photo by Ben STANSALL / AFP)

Experts trust Boris win polls

Experts have overwhelmingly backed polls pointing to a historic British election victory for Boris Johnson.

Adam Creighton

UK electionThe Times

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 10: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks to supporters at the Globus Group factory on December 10, 2019 in Manchester, England. The U.K. will go to the polls in a general election on December 12. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Johnson staring at hung parliament

Polling model that accurately predicted the 2017 election outcome shows Boris Johnson’s lead has narrowed significantly.

Francis Elliott

Explainer: Poll prospectsThe Times

Opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, left, shakes hands with Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, centre, with debate moderator TV presenter Nick Robinson, right, during a head to head live Election Debate at the BBC TV studios in Maidstone, England, Friday Dec. 6, 2019. Britain's Brexit is one of the main issues for political parties and for voters, as the UK prepares for a General Election on Dec. 12. ( Jeff Overs/BBC via AP)

What UK may wake up to after the election

How will the UK election result change the make-up of the Commons, the future of Brexit and the ability to govern?

Oliver Wright

Campaign videoWorld

Boris Johnson stars in his Love Actually take-off. Picture: Supplied

Boris’ message: vote for me, actually

Boris Johnson turned to festive film Love Actually for a last ditch campaign pitch | WATCH

Jacquelin Magnay

UK electionWorld

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson signals to the media during an election campaign visit to the JCB manufacturing facility in Uttoxeter, England, Tuesday Dec. 10, 2019. The Conservative Party are campaigning for their Brexit split with Europe ahead of the UK's General Election on Dec. 12.(Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP)

Boris Johnson becomes the demolition man

Boris Johnson drove a bulldozer through a wall to get his Brexit message home in the last hours of the Tory party campaign.

Jacquelin Magnay

COMMENTARYCommentary

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Hugh’s a fool unless lines written for him

Actors and minor royals are best seen and not heard when it comes to politics.

Janet Albrechtsen

UK ELECTIONWorld

Britain's Prime Minister and Conservative party leader Boris Johnson (C) talks with journalists as he travels aboard an aeroplane bound for Birmingham, central England, on December 9, 2019, in between General Election campaign events. - Britain will go to the polls on December 12, 2019 to vote in a pre-Christmas general election. (Photo by Ben STANSALL / various sources / AFP)

Labour victory now ‘major risk’

Shock Tory polling shows Boris Johnson’s lead shrinking and a Labour coalition firming.

Jacquelin Magnay

UK electionWorld

Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn speaks at a rally outside Bristol City Council while on the General Election campaign trail, in Bristol, England, Monday, Dec. 9, 2019. Britain goes to the polls on Dec. 12. (joe Giddens/PA via AP)

Fraction of Britons to decide poll

Tactical voting activists believe as few as one-hundredth of one per cent of Britons will decide Thursday’s UK general election.

Jacquelin Magnay

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