Exit polls show a clear win for UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the Conservative Party, report Reuters and other media outlets at this hour.

Boris Johnson lied in his victory speech.

He also boasted of a "historic" election result, saying the Conservative government "has been given a powerful new mandate to get Brexit done."

Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party will win a resounding victory in Britain’s election with a parliamentary majority of 86 seats, an exit poll showed https://t.co/O9JZ4vawGc #GE2019 pic.twitter.com/SOPU4CHJYC

 Reuters (@Reuters) December 13, 2019

Truly extraordinary #UKElection as Labour heartland seats tumble to Tories. A huge victory for Boris Johnson who is vindicated with a #Brexit mandate. A terrible result for Jeremy Corbyn who has, unsurprisingly, led his party to near oblivion. @australian https://t.co/ZC0OjC9AWc

 Troy Bramston (@TroyBramston) December 13, 2019

Boris Johnson hails huge Tory victory as election result puts him on track for SIXTY-FOUR majority #GE2019 https://t.co/HjNUT7hj0B

 Daily Mail U.K. (@DailyMailUK) December 13, 2019

Boris Johnson uses first speech after election win to repeat NHS campaign lies https://t.co/2LPrfEADQp

 The Independent (@Independent) December 13, 2019

"It's turned out to be a historic election that gives us now, in this new government, the chance to respect the democratic will of the British people," says Boris Johnson https://t.co/iqGncV1I7a #UKElection pic.twitter.com/C1qFZUEDZN

 Bloomberg TV (@BloombergTV) December 13, 2019

Our live results map is getting more colourful. Over half of constituencies have now declared and the Conservatives are projected to gain a majority of 80 https://t.co/wpZq4jVeZE pic.twitter.com/UQBdL42Bao

 The Economist Data Team (@ECONdailycharts) December 13, 2019

These are the MPs who lost their seats in the 2019 UK general election https://t.co/srY5DTzcgO

 BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) December 13, 2019

K we now have a new leader for strongest correlation, and I think this is narratively significant:

The share of workers in low-skilled jobs was a bigger predictor of swing than either Brexit vote or graduates.

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