Boris Johnson set to win biggest landslide since THATCHER with largest Tory majority in 32 years

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BORIS Johnson is set to win the biggest Tory landslide since 1987 with a huge majority of 86 seats, according to the exit poll.

The projected win would be the largest Tory majority since Margret Thatcher’s 102 seat win over Labour’s Neil Kinnock 32 years ago.

Boris Johnson is projected to win the biggest Tory majority in 32 years

According to tonight’s poll, Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour is set to win just 191 seats compared with the Conservatives 368 seats.

The SNP were set to pick up 55 seats, and the Lib Dems 13.

Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell told the BBC tonight: “If it is anything near this it is disappointing.”

And he gave a hint that Mr Corbyn could stand down in hours if it were true.

Mr McDonnell said: “Let’s see the results themselves, as I say, the appropriate decisions will be made and we’ll always make the decisions in the best interests of our party.”

Already Labour MPs started blaming Brexit for the result.

Shadow Justice Secretary Richard Burgon tweeted: “Disappointing Exit Poll. Let’s see if accurate.

Corbyn’s Labour is set to win just 191 seats, according to the 10pm exit poll

“If, as it seems, this was a Brexit election then the next one won’t be given Johnsons Thatcherite agenda.”

But a Labour Party spokesperson dismissed the exit poll and said: “It’s only the beginning of the night, and it’s too early to call the result.”

Earlier, Brits headed to the polls to vote in one of the biggest and most decisive elections ever.

Prime Minister Johnson, who gambled his premiership by triggering the vote, has sought to focus on his pledge to “get Brexit done” throughout the campaign.

Meanwhile Corbyn’s campaign has been overshadowed by anti-Semitism allegations and his refusal to take a stand on Brexit.

Voters had braved freezing temperatures throughout the day to line up outside community halls, churches and schools to have their say – and risked being a touch late for work.

Astonishing pictures of snaking queues came despite initial fears of a low turnout in the first December election in nearly 100 years.

The third General Election in less than five years has been largely dominated by the 2016 vote to leave the European Union – with Labour pledging to give voters another say in a second referendum, while the Tories have vowed to take the UK out of the EU next month.

The last election in the UK in 2017 saw a 68.8 per cent turnout, higher than at the 2015 and 2010 elections – with bookies offering 6-4 odds on a 65-70 per cent turnout this year.

Staff members empty a ballot box at the main Glasgow counting centre in the SECC

Boxes containing election ballot papers arrive to be counted at Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Uxbridge and South Ruislip constituency