If exit polls are to be believed, the UK Conservative Party is on track for the worst general election result in its history, with the prospect of only clinching 131 seats to Labour’s projected 410 — a landslide that outdoes even the stonking majority a Brexit-fueled Boris Johnson pulled off five years ago.
Even without polling consistently indicating a wipeout, anyone with access to new media and a passing interest in UK politics has been left with the same impression: the Tories appeared to be throwing the match.
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