Labour Landslide In Britain; Blair Wins Second Term

The British Labour Party appears to be heading for a second landslide victory in today's general election. Exit polls just released show a repeat of Tony Blair's 1997 victory.

All television networks have called the election for the Labour Party.

The BBC's exit poll has Labour on 44%, the Conservative Party on 32%, the Liberal Democrats on 44% and others on 7%.

This would translate to 408 seats for the Labour Party, down 10 from 1997, but still leaving Blair with a large majority in the 659-seat House of Commons.

Polling booths closed within the last hour and the traditional race to be the first constituency to declare a result is underway. The race is usually won by the northern constituency of Sunderland South, held by the Labour Party with a massive majority of 19,000 votes.

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