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Originally Posted by arista

SNP staying strong in Scotland
but failed to get rid of all the Scottish Conservatives
6 Conservatives MP's remain in Scotland

There's Tory-money (oil and associated industries) in Aberdeenshire, it's going to stay blue for a while.

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Originally Posted by MTVN

Easy to say it wasn't in hindsight but most people beforehand thought it was 50/50 between a hung parliament or a very small majority

Anyone paying attention the the GBP could see how it would go and - importantly in this case - I believe that includes Boris. I'm sure he was relieved to get the result he expected, the majority was probably bigger than he had dreamed, but I highly doubt he didn't expect the overall majority or considered it to be much of a gamble.