2 hours ago, by
badp > The exit poll puts the Tories on 314 seats. If it is right, then Labour (266), the SNP (34) and the Lib Dems (14) would have exactly the same number of votes. A minority Tory government could probably rely on the votes of the 10-odd unionists from Northern Ireland. But a minority Labour-led government (or the “coalition of chaos”, as Theresa May used to call it), could rely on Plaid Cymru (3), the one Green MP and the SDLP (3 in the last parliament).