Tooting’s parliamentary candidates have taken to Twitter in reaction to the broadcasters’ general election exit poll suggesting the Conservative party will be the largest party in the Commons.
The survey reveals that the Tories will get 316 MPs while Labour will have 239, meaning the former will be just short of a majority.
According to the survey the Liberal Democrats will get 10 MPs, the SNP 58, and UKIP and the Green Party are both set to have two.
Tooting’s Green Party candidate Esther Obiri-Darko was particularly outspoken, describing the Conservatives’ lead as ‘political self-harm’.
Exit polls not good Conservs in lead. This us political self-harm. We need intervention!
— Esther Obiri-Darko (@GreenTooting) May 7, 2015
Liberal Democrat candidate Philip Ling attempted to shrug off the exit poll results with a humorous tweet, but revealed he was just as worried about the result.
Bloody hell! Hope the #BBC are wrong! #GE2015 — Philip Ling (@pkfling) May 7, 2015
