Martin Kettle, The Guardian: If the exit poll is right, this election will transform British politics
For the last four UK general elections, bar 2015, the 10pm exit poll on election day has been almost exactly correct, even if sometimes the predictions have been a shock to many experts. So the likelihood is that the pollsters have got it right again in 2019. But whereas in 2017 their correct prediction of a hung parliament guaranteed a embattled legislature, the 2019 prediction may even transform British politics.
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- December 12, 2019
How to Watch UK Election Night Like a Pro -- Eleni Courea, Politico EU
Exit polls: How accurate are they? -- BBC
UK exit poll analysis: What a big win for Boris Johnson would mean -- Tom Rogan, Washington Examiner
Election results 2019: Exit poll could signal historic change ahead -- Laura Kuenssberg, BBC
What Boris Johnson's Britain will look like: What to expect now that the PM has won a mandate for Tory manifesto promising Brexit by January 31, a five-year tax freeze and points-based immigration system -- James Tapsfield and Tim Stickings, Daily Mail
What if North Korea Launches a Satellite? -- Ted Galen Carpenter, National Interest
Factchecking Aung San Suu Kyi's claims over genocide allegations -- Michael Safi, The Guardian
What a tougher EU means for Asia -- David Hutt, Asia Times
Anti-French sentiment on the rise in West Africa as security situation deteriorates -- Ineke Mules, DW
The Changing State of Israel's Peace Plans -- Glen Segell, National Interest
Will Protests Beat Back Macron's Reform Plans? -- Judah Grunstein, World Politics Review
There’s no miracle solution to Ukraine conflict -- MK Bhadrakumar, Asia Times
Why are there so few prisoners in the Netherlands? -- Senay Boztas, The Guardian
Poland and Hungary Are Right to Fear EU's Green Deal -- Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg
Scheer is out. What happens next will change Canada forever -- Scott Gilmore, Macleans
