Houghton and Sunderland South is first to declare as Bridget Phillipson holds Labour seat, Sky News
SKY News viewers have been left baffled after the exit poll predicting a Labour landslide was met with a chorus of odd moans.Host Kay Burley was joined by Manchester's Labour mayor Andy Burnham in the studio as the results came in.Mr Burnham could be seen bringing his hands together in the form of a prayer before raising his fists above his head in celebration.
Reacting to exit polls predicting a huge Labour win, Piers Morgan ribed Labour's predicted landslide as a political "earthquake" and a "seismic night" for the UK.Appearing on an election special of our Never Mind the Ballots show, he said: "It's an earthquake. This is a political and social earthquake for this country, the likes of which I haven't seen in my lifetime.
It is a jaw-dropping turnaround from the dark days of the Jeremy Corbyn era of 2019, when the party suffered their worst result in history.
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