Daily Mail: Exit poll shows Boris Johnson STORMING home: Sensational prediction has Tories winning historic Brexit election with a stonking majority of EIGHTY SIX and Labour with its worst result since 1935 as 'red wall' crumbles
* Exit poll has given the first indication of results after ballot boxes closed in biggest election for a generation
* The prediction shows voters handing the Tories a whopping 368 seats with Labour collapsing to just 191
* The result would mean a huge 86 Commons majority and be the worst Labour showing in modern history
* Declarations in key seats are expected from 2am tomorrow and the next PM should be known by 6am Friday
* Early results in Labour strongholds in the North East could show early signs of a swing to the Conservatives
* Results will come pouring in from around 3am, with big names including Iain Duncan Smith at risk of losing
* Tory strategists believe key to victory is grabbing Labour heartlands including Workington and Grimsby
Boris Johnson hailed his new blue-collar Tory army tonight as it emerged he is on track to secure a staggering landslide in the election battle - with Labour's 'red wall' of Brexit-backing strongholds imploding.
A dramatic exit poll shows voters handing the Tories a massive 368 seats in the first December election for nearly a century, with Labour languishing on 191 - down 71 on 2017.
The bombshell numbers would give a huge Commons majority of 86, the biggest since Margaret Thatcher's triumph in 1987, and are equivalent to a 10-point lead in the popular vote.
By contrast Jeremy Corbyn looks to have stewarded the party to its worst performance since 1935 - despite his allies claiming earlier that high turnout might have helped him pull off a surprise.
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