'Britain sees red' and 'Tory Party in election wipeout'

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The headline in the Mirror reads: "Landslide!".
The front pages are dominated by the exit poll from Thursday’s election, which predicts Labour 410 seats, the Conservatives 131, the Lib Dems 61, Reform 13, the SNP 10, and other parties 25. The Daily Mirror carries the headline "Landslide!" and says it is a "thumping victory" for Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer. [BBC]
The headline in the Metro reads: "Keir Stormer!"
The Metro carries a picture of the man set to be the next prime minister alongside the headline: "Keir Stormer!" [BBC]
The headline in the Sun reads: "Britain sees red".
The exit poll data, which suggests Labour is on course for a majority of 170 seats, means Britain has seen "red", according to the Sun. The paper says Rishi Sunak's decision to call an early election has "backfired". [BBC]
The headline in the Express reads: "Crushing blow to Tory Party in election wipeout".
The Daily Express says more than a dozen senior Tories, including cabinet ministers, could lose their seats, in what it calls a "brutal reckoning by voters after 14 years in government". [BBC]
The headline in the i reads: "Labour landslide".
The Liberal Democrats are on course to become the third largest party once again, while voters appear to have punished the SNP for the recent turmoil within the party, according to the i. [BBC]
The headline in the Guardian reads: "Huge Labour majority predicted by exit poll".
The Guardian says the exit poll predictions "appeared to confirm that Labour's 'time for change' message struck a chord with voters after years of chaos and division". It adds the exit poll forecast appears to suggest Reform UK has "squeezed the Conservative vote". [BBC]
The headline in the Mail reads: "Labour set for historic landslide".
The exit poll predicts a Labour majority that could set the party up for a decade in power, the Daily Mail says. It forecasts a "crushing defeat" for the Tories, the paper adds. [BBC]
The headline in the Star reads: "Fourteen years in charge: Those good bits in full". Beneath it is a black sheet of paper.
The Daily Star's front page carries what it says is a list of the "good bits in full" after the Conservatives' 14 years in government. The image shows a blank piece of paper. [BBC]
The headline in the Telegraph reads: "Labour landslide".
The headline in the Times: "Exit poll puts Labour on course for landslide".
The Times says that, while the scale of the Labour victory predicted by the exit poll is less than some of the previous polls had suggested, it would give Sir Keir a huge mandate to change Britain and "potentially go farther than Labour's cautious manifesto for government". [BBC]
The headline in the Financial Times reads: "Nvidia poised to sell $12bn of AI chips in China this year despite US controls".
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