The Conservative’s ultra-majority fantasy has withered and died like a stalk of wheat trampled on by a young and carefree Theresa May. This is hardly surprising given the contempt with which May treated the electorate over the course of this election.

May rejected honesty and decency, first in calling a snap general election which she had consistently denied as being a possibility, and then by parroting the infuriating slogan of ‘strong and stable’ as her standard response, regardless of the question or topic. The abject refusal to debate Jeremy Corbyn — not even to cross paths with him at a BBC interview — underlined the disdain Theresa May has for the British public, and the established conventions of democratic procedure in this country.

The Conservatives proved that running a personality-based campaign with a candidate whose ‘personality’ is that of an insipid and authoritarian robot is destined to fail. May suffered from her appallingly bland optics, excruciatingly trying to present herself as a sentient human to the One Show audience, and igniting social media with her revelation that her greatest transgression was running through a field of wheat.

It’s important not to mistake or misplace the role that Jeremy Corbyn played in the events of last night. Labour won a further 31 seats in addition to strengthening existing majorities, such as in Cambridge where Daniel Zeichner was re-elected with a mighty 12,661 majority, compared to his slim 599 majority from 2015.

Labour has made some truly awe-inspiring gains. A moment of particular elation was when my home constituency, Battersea, did the unthinkable: removing the Conservative minister Jane Ellison, the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, and electing a Labour MP, Marsha de Cordova. The news that Kensington — the home of the Notting Hill set, the streets graced by the global financial elite and the constituency of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge — could become a Labour seat is astounding.

Last night was a testament to the 72% of young people that turned out to vote. Corbyn did what Miliband didn't: mobilise the young and disillusioned around an agenda of hope and change. The miserable status quo of rampant inequality, the underfunding of our NHS and seven years of crippling austerity has found its mouthpiece