--- description: The result of the UK's general election remains up in the air. These are the covers Britain's newspapers are going with. title: See What the U.K.'s Newspaper Front Pages Are Saying About the General Election image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta71876274645f64a/6988d0fbcd1bba9231705948/gettyimages-693776224.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [United Kingdom](/tag/united-kingdom/) ## United Kingdom Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # What the U.K.'s Newspaper Front Pages Are Saying About the General Election by [Kate Samuelson](/author/kate-samuelson/) ## Kate Samuelson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 13, 2023 7:05 AM CUTPublished: Jun 8, 2017 11:15 PM CUT  Copies of the Evening Standard newspaper, with the headline 'You decide' are pictured in central London on June 8, 2017, as Britain holds a general election. Copies of the Evening Standard newspaper, with the headline 'You decide' are pictured in central London on June 8, 2017, as Britain holds a general election.PAUL ELLIS—AFP/Getty Images by [Kate Samuelson](/author/kate-samuelson/) ## Kate Samuelson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 13, 2023 7:05 AM CUTPublished: Jun 8, 2017 11:15 PM CUT As Thursday night turns to Friday morning in the [United Kingdom](http://time.com/4759090/uk-election-2017-date-polls-theresa-may/ "undefined"), the result of the country’s general election still feels unprecedentedly [up in the air](http://time.com/4811172/uk-election-2017-theresa-may-jeremy-corbyn-results/ "undefined"). The chances of a definitive victory for Prime Minister Theresa May, who gambled on a strong Conservative win when she called a snap election in April, are not looking positive. The exit poll suggested that May’s party would lose 17 seats and Labour would gain 34, a result which would produce a [hung Parliament](http://time.com/4810499/uk-election-hung-parliament/ "undefined"). But regardless of the uncertainty, Britain’s newspapers still need to push their June 9 front pages through to print. 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