Spare a thought for the Times, a newspaper with form for pro-Tory shifts, as it tried to keep up with the overnight electoral uncertainty.

Election chaos

The paper starts with the story of voters turned away from polling stations.

The X factor

As exit polls show the Conservatives outstripping Labour, it gets a little more ambitious.

The cliffhanger

But as the results come in, the newspaper hedges its bets and runs on Cameron's claim to a mandate, made in his acceptance speech early in the night.

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