No reaction to the Labour landslide exit poll was more bizarre or unexpected (or hilarious) as Sky News

John Plunkett. Updated July 4th, 2024

So the exit poll numbers are in and it’s a landslide for Sir Keir Starmer and the Labour Party. Here’s how the BBC announced its findings tonight.

The Labour Party is set to win a UK general election landslide with a majority of 170, according to an exit poll for the BBC, ITV and Sky

Follow #BBCElection live: https://t.co/h6HN8qnX74 pic.twitter.com/mY9ewPiM1u

— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) July 4, 2024

And those figures in full.

But it’s not the BBC’s coverage that brings us here at this particular moment but the good people of Sky News, where presenter Kay Burley was joined by her Sky News colleagues Beth Rigby and Sir Trevor Phillips, Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham and former Scottish Conservative leader Baroness Ruth Davidson.

And here’s how they greeted the big exit poll reveal.

When the Exit Poll was released on Sky News they just came out with noises. pic.twitter.com/rHM4sFih1i

— Scott Bryan (@scottygb) July 4, 2024

And here are our favourite things people said about it.

This was incredible. https://t.co/V1X4fvg9Hb

— Brendan May (@bmay) July 4, 2024

I thought I was watching something else

— Zashy (@Zashy120) July 4, 2024

https://t.co/dQ5DKcXUxD pic.twitter.com/oaesgPqdBw

— Neil Miles (@neilsmiles) July 4, 2024

This was the most dramatic bit of tele I’ve ever watched

— sophie kelly (@sophiekelly4321) July 4, 2024

You haven’t accidentally clicked on someone spamming with you with the porn noise, it’s actually the Sky studio. https://t.co/72TQMDqX8z

— HLTCO (@HLTCO) July 4, 2024

New way of presenting – laugh and make strange noises! Excellent insights.

— Nadine Dereza (@nadinedereza) July 4, 2024

best on screen orgasm sounds since harry met sally https://t.co/ljDDioEiqm

— Shockratees ️‍️‍⚧️ (@ThatShockratees) July 4, 2024

Source @scottygb