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16 of the Funniest Tweets About the U.K. Election

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Brits are waiting with bated breath for the result of what is increasingly looking like one of the most uncertain elections in the U.K.’s recent history.

And as they wait to find out if Prime Minister Theresa May’s snap election gamble has paid off or whether the country is looking at a hung parliament, they’re turning to Twitter to get them through the night.

TIME has rounded up 16 of this evening’s best tweets about the general election – from ones expressing shock at the surprising exit poll result, to others ridiculing May for her recent revelation that the naughtiest thing she ever did was running through a farmer’s field as a child. Take a look at them here:

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Write to Kate Samuelson at kate.samuelson@time.com