May heads for disaster

THERESA May was on the verge last night of the most sensational political disaster for generations when the election exit poll predicted she would lose her Conservative majority.

The result, if confirmed when all the votes are counted, would be a catastrophic gamble by a weak and wobbly Prime Minister who might not have long in Downing Street after this colossal miscalculation.

Jeremy Corbyn and Labour won the arguments in the campaign and could be on the verge of unexpected power on the back of a surge in voting by young people if Labour did deals in Parliament with the SNP, Liberals, a solitary Green, Plaid Cymru and some of Northern Ireland’s MPs.

May’s expected coronation turning into a real contest, which she lost, will see furious Tories rise up against a leader whose judgment was fatally flawed.

The Tory leader called her grubby election only because she was certain the Conservative majority would soar. It hasn’t.

Where would this leave her in Brexit negotiations, her ostensible reason for the election? The rest of Europe will see that Britons have no confidence in the old Prime Minister.

The position was hopefully becoming clearer in the days ahead but the winner of this election is Corbyn who fought a spirited battle, ignoring horrible smears from the lie machine.

Britain woke up this morning a very different country to the one that got out of bed yesterday morning. We woke up a country with hope.