Above, screenshot of the NYT’s before and after map.[U.K. Election Results Map: How Conservatives Won in a Landslide, by Allison McCann, Lauren Leatherby and Blacki Migliozzi, December 13, 2019]

Left Twitter is in shock this morning after Boris Johnson won a crushing majority, utterly routing Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour Party. There are the usual cries of doom and gloom from Labourites, who, like the Democrats here, have become the party of hysterical shrieking.

honestly, speechless.

as a Labour voter.

as a Labour member.

as an NHS doctor.

as an NHS patient.

as a British citizen.

as a European.

as a gay man.

as a friend, and as a supporter of many other minorities.

sad.

scared.

but ultimately, speechless.#ElectionResults2019

— Dr Adrian Harrop (@AdrianHarrop) December 13, 2019

I cannot remember the last time I felt so sad, worried and utterly filled with despair.

Very dark times indeed.#ElectionResults2019

— Kimberley