One of the things that Sunderland declaring so quickly does is that a very leave heavy set of seats sets the narrative for the rest of the night.
The rest of the night *may completely* mirror the narrative set by that. But even so, it is v interesting to observe.
indeed mate because the first marginal will be Swindon south and already tories conceded and the story will be sweeping LD and lab gains in the south ...
It was observed about the last US election that the nature of reporting makes it feel like the election is something which is happening as it is reported rather than something which has happened and that allows these odd narratives to evolve