The national exit poll released moments ago from the United Kingdom shows Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party is predicted to gain 50 seats, for a total of 368 members of parliament. That would be a huge win.

An effective majority in the new parliament (due to non-voting Sinn Fein members of parliament) is likely to be 322 seats. If the exit poll results are anywhere near accurate, Johnson is heading back into government with a commanding mandate in the House of Commons.

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