Now, on 327 seats, it is 326 on the finishing line, so they will then proceed now, toe a bigger majority.

But we can now say that based on the results that have come in 598 seats in 51 to go, the Conservatives are now 1 328 They have passed the finishing line on they have formally won this election and that Laura is a big moment.

It's a huge moment.

It's a huge moment for Boris Johnson, of course, who a year ago was written off by many people.

It's an enormous moment for the Conservative party, having had a torrid and turbulent time when they saw the majority being whittled away.

And then when he threw some people out of the party, they went backwards.

But they had a couple of years of agony, of having to rely on the Democratic Unionist Party from Northern Ireland and then before that you know David Cameron with a very, very rocky time.

I mean, it seemed like a big victory for him at the time of getting a majority of 15.

But this means, but more than anything else, in times of the historical significance for it, unless something very strange happens, we will be leaving the European Union next month.

On that answer is the biggest question of British politics for the last 3.5 years.

Is was what happened in 2016 actually going toe happen or not?

Because that is the question that is paralysed Parliament.

The previous parliament was not able to agree on how to leave, and therefore we did not agree they didn't agree on whether we would leave.

The public has answered that question tonight, and that is what this prime minister will do.

And, of course, the size of his majority beyond this will dictate how much freedom and how radical he may or may not be to do other things and to pursue other projects.

Well, the results are still coming in.

Why don't we have a look at the Palace of Westminster, which is where all the activity will start within a few days.

Time on.

We are projecting the result as it's happening on the Palace of Westminster on the banks of the River Thames on there we have it so far.

The Conservatives on 3 30 actually is now just going up to 331 with labor on 197.

So they're now way past that finishing market.

3 to 6 on.

The numbers are going up.

Then I want 332 So we're heading towards that majority that John Curtis was telling about telling us about a short while ago.

So the news, if you're just joining us here on election 2019 at eight minutes past five in the morning, is that the Conservatives are now past the finishing post.

They have won a majority in this campaign, and that is the formal result for us.