now it's being dubbed the brexit election on Thursday millions of Brits
headed to the polls in a snap general election the third in a space of just
five years in the United Kingdom this one is expected to set the direction of
the UK's departure from the e.u the polls closed at the top of the hour and
we have our reporter Oh Sooyoung who's been following the developments
overnight for her for us here in Seoul so see young we've been hearing some
polls saying this race might be closed but according to the exit polls we've
just been looking at between reports it appears that isn't really the case right
that's right mark as balance closed at the top of the hour where we just heard
the exit poll come out and if there anything to go by it seems that the
Conservative Party is going to see a strong majority it looks like the
Conservatives will gain around three hundred and sixty eight seats labour
will perform the worst that has seen since 1983 with 191 seats the Liberal
Democrats 13 seats and the Scottish National Party 55 seats and the brexit
party looks like it won't gain any seats so it looks like we have we will see the
resource in line with recent opinion polls now exit polls are for the most
part accurate but you really can't ignore the margin of error there's
always a chance of an unexpected result as we saw in 2015 because a general
election is not just one election but 650 contest in seats across the country
each with their own dramas personalities and political games yeah we must stress
that these is just an exit poll for now but these exit polls have been pretty
accurate in the past when it comes down to the final results so as it stands at
least in regards to the exit poll the Conservative Party led by Prime Minister
Boris Johnson would have a majority of 43 which would be an increase on their
majority and very bad news for the main opposition Labour Party led by
mr. Jeremy Corbyn of course but leading up to this election there had been some
chewing and throwing on in the poll some saying conservatives would win by about
nine or ten points some saying labour was closing the gap
right so even a couple of weeks ago most opinion polls said that the
Conservatives would perhaps have around sixty eight seats in majority but
recently they've been slimming the majority has been slimming down to
twenty eight seats and well if this exit poll is anything to go by
it's the Conservatives have done much better earlier they've had a very good
day and it's in fact it's expected to be their best performance since 1987
now labour however is expected to see its worst performance since 1983
if the a hundred and ninety one seats prediction is right so I spoke to an
expert about why labour has been seeing such a poor performance
I think labour have had a very difficult position because the Conservatives are
very clear uncorrected whether labour has some difficulty
Jeremy Corbyn has promised a second referendum if he wins if he has a
majority in parliament however he himself is being sort of
unwilling to come down on either side when it's been put to him who would he
campaign for would he campaign for leave or remain again he said that he will
give the decision to the people and so I think there are very mixed messages
coming out of labour traditionally labour is the voice of the
working people labour is the voice of the progressive ideas in society
unfortunately we don't seem to be seeing that from the Labour Party at the moment
we also have a big split between the labour and the Liberal Democrats they
might be taking votes away from each other
still the latest poll by you Goff shows we can't ignore the margin of error
there's still a chance we may see a slim Tory majority or a hung Parliament's
where no party holds a majority right so that was the poll though
released that's not the exit poll we're looking at the screen there that's what
we saw in the day or two before the election and it proves maybe that that
was a little bit out of line with the sentiment among the British public but
if for whatever reason there's a big mistake in that exit poll and like I
said they generally are fairly on on spot these days especially in the UK if
there was any kind of hung parliament or the Tory party had a very slim majority
that could lead to some kind of horse trading going on between the parties
again which we saw under the former prime minister Theresa May right well
let's say that Boris Johnson his party does win a strong majority then
obviously Johnson would stay as Prime Minister and lead the Conservatives but
if there's a slim majority or a hung parliament then Johnson is going to have
to win the support of MPs from minor parties as former prime minister trees
are maded with the Democratic Union Party but the DUP is against Johnson's
brexit plan which sets out a different departure term for Northern Ireland so
winning them over may prove difficult this time around if Johnson fells to
gain enough backing then he may have to resign and labour could instead form a
majority with the Liberal Democrats or the Scottish National Party in the final
scenario the Labour Party would approve opinion polls wrong and gain a majority
and then of course Jeremy Corbyn would become prime minister yeah but that's
something that's not looking likely based on the exit polls at least and if
he loses in what you say would be the worst Labour Party performance since the
early 1980s you really got a wonder whether he'd stay on because he has said
he would resign if label or selections before and and he stayed in the position
he's not particularly popular especially among conservatives but even among
members of his own labour party so they may need a fresh face going forward but
regardless of the outcome what it really comes down to you know is
bricks it because we had this referendum in the UK three and a half years ago now
it was the biggest political mandate ever by the British public to leave the
EU but here we are in late 2019 still in the European Union yes is any of these
parties are they going to stick to this pledge or what the British pop people
have told them to do to actually get brexit done though well of course this
early election was called by Boris Johnson himself because he really wanted
to get a move on with brexit in fact the mantra for his slogan during this
campaign was get brexit done and I'm sure you've seen his Love Actually
parody yeah well Johnson has said that under his leadership the UK would leave
the EU on January 31st 2020 and that the transition period during which the two
parties during which the two parties would strike up a new tray term would
not be extended beyond December 2020 meanwhile the Labour Party has said it
will renegotiate a deal that sets out closer ties with the EU and also hold a
second referendum within six months the Lib Dems and the SMPS have said that
they will cancel brexit but of course the chances of them winning or gaining a
majority is really slim to none so canna Tory or labour victory really put an end
to the drama while most experts there members of the public are really unsure
a lot of people doubt the validity of Prime Minister Johnson's claims and at
the same time they doubt the validity of jeremy corbyn's
election pledges to spend 100 million pounds during the next decade in
Scotland you know there's a lot of numbers and money being bandied about
but how much of this is actually reliable is a very important thing and I
would say the British public are rightly becoming a little bit skeptical
yeah skeptical is one word to call it but thanks very much Sooyoung and I
guess we'll be seeing the final results very soon but for now it would appear
that it is Prime Minister Johnson who's popping the champagne
at the moment a little less joy in the Corbin camp but we'll we will see
whether the exit poll is correct just to remind you if you've just tuned in the
exit poll shows the Conservative Party led by Johnson perhaps getting majority
of 43 which is which would be great news for him suyeong thanks very much for
coming in and hopefully you keep us updated throughout the day thank you
thank you