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7 May 2010updated 27 Sep 2015 2:21am

The Times plays catch-up

Electoral uncertainty creates mayhem on the paper’s front page.

By Ian K Smith

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.

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The X factor

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

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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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