BuzzFeed, AR and Boris’ majority – behind the scenes of Sky’s 2019 election coverage

There was an audible gasp from the Sky News studio floor as the results of the first exit poll rolled in, indicating what we now know to be true: Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party had won the UK general election with its biggest majority since Thatcher.
In line with electoral law, Sky host Dermot Murnaghan, political editor Beth Rigby and former House of Commons speaker Jon Bercow received the shock forecast at the same time as everyone else — just as the credits were rolling on the