The FTSE 100 will hit 8,000

Investors now have certainty and they will cheer it by sending shares higher this morning. Even if the exit poll’s prediction of an 86-seat Tory majority is out by some way, a big Conservative win is now assured. Thanks to the pledges made by the party’s candidates to vote Boris …

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It’s beginning to look a lot like Boris Johnson

If the UK election exit polls are correct, Boris Johnson will get the biggest Tory win since Margaret Thatcher in 1987. (Image: AAP/David Crosling) Blyth Valley! The Tories have taken Blyth Valley! Well bloody hell, apples and pears, slap me thigh, it’s only the bloody British election innit! And in …

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The Morning Star’s top reasons to vote Labour today

On Public Services Labour will: • Repeal the privatising Health and Social Care Act brought in by the Tories and Lib Dems, legislate for safe staffing levels in the NHS and bring in bursaries for nurses and midwives • Reduce the cost and therefore increase the availability of life-saving drugs by …

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