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Friday 9 June 2017
UK exit poll: Conservatives may fall short of majority First tanker with

US natural gas
By JILL LAWLESS more than 2 cents against result than two years ago ter than expected for the reaches Poland
GREGORY KATZ the dollar within seconds and is almost unable to opposition Labour Party,
Associated Press of the exit poll announce- form a government, then which had been expected By M. SCISLOWSKA
LONDON (AP) — An exit ment, before recovering she, I doubt, will survive in to lose seats. Associated Press
poll suggested Thursday slightly. the long term as Conserva- Labour economy spokes- WARSAW, Poland (AP) —
man John McDonnell, one The first ever tanker with
of Corbyn’s main lieuten- liquefied natural gas from
ants, urged caution. the United States arrived in
“I’m a natural pessimist, Poland on Thursday as part
and we’ll see whether I’m of the country’s — and the
an optimist in the morning,” region’s — efforts to cut its
he said. dependence on Russia.
The result could also be It was the first delivery of
bad news for the Scottish U.S. gas to eastern and
National Party, which is northern Europe, which is
predicted to lose 20 of its building a new network of
54 seats — though the poll- energy sources and gas
sters cautioned that there is transportation. Last year,
a lot of uncertainty around Poland opened its first ter-
the Scottish forecast. minal for liquefied natural
A big loss could compli- gas, or LNG, in Swinoujscie,
cate the SNP’s plans to on the Baltic Sea coast, to
push for a new referendum be able to receive such
on Scottish independence gas from distant suppliers
as Britain prepares to leave like the U.S. or Qatar, which
the EU. has already made some
Results will come in over- deliveries. During a cer-
night after an unsettled emony welcoming the U.
election held in the shad- S. tanker “Clean Ocean,”
Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May leaves with her husband Philip after voting in the general ow of three deadly attacks Prime Minister Beata Szydlo
election at polling station in Maidenhead, England, Thursday, June 8, 2017. in as many months. said it was a historic mo-
(AP Photo/Alastair Grant) May called the election ment that improves the re-
seven weeks ago — three gion’s energy security.
that British Prime Minister Based on interviews with tive Party leader.” years ahead of schedule “Today Poland can say
Theresa May’s gamble in voters leaving polling sta- A party needs to win 326 and with her party was well that it is a safe and sover-
calling an early election tions across the country, seats in the 650-seat House ahead in the polls. She ar- eign country, also because
has backfired spectacu- the poll is conducted for a of Commons to form a gued that increasing the we have such wonderful
larly, with her Conservative consortium of U.K. broad- majority government. The Conservative majority in investments” like the LNG
Party in danger of losing its casters and regarded as a Conservatives held 330 Parliament would strength- terminal, Szydlo said. “Days
majority in Parliament. reliable, though not exact, seats in the last Parliament, en Britain’s hand in Brexit like this go down in history.”
An opposition Labour Party indicator of the likely result. compared with 229 for La- talks. She urged the U.S. to de-
that had been written off by If confirmed, the result will bour, 54 for the Scottish Na- But things didn’t go to plan. velop “further and more
many pollsters surged in the be humiliating for May, who tional Party and nine for the Brexit failed to emerge as efficient cooperation.”
final weeks of a campaign called a snap election in Lib Dems. a major issue in the cam- The region is trying to cut its
that was marred by deadly the hope of increasing her During the last election, in paign, as both the Con- reliance on Russia, which
attacks in Manchester and majority and strengthening 2015, the Conservatives servatives and Labour said has occasionally used its
London. If accurate, the Britain’s hand in exit talks did better than the exit poll they would respect voters’ gas exports to exert po-
result will confound those with the European Union. predicted, and senior Con- wishes and go through with litical pressure. It is plan-
who said Labour’s left-wing If she has failed, she could servatives said they would the divorce. ning to bring in gas from
leader, Jeremy Corbyn, face pressure to resign. take a wait-and-see ap- Then attacks that killed 30 the North Sea and also to
was electorally toxic. “If the poll is anything like proach. people in Manchester and boost its own production.
The survey predicted the accurate, this is completely “It’s still very, very early in London twice brought the The U.S. State Depart-
Conservatives would get catastrophic for the Con- the evening,” Northern Ire- campaign to a halt, sent ment said in a statement
314 seats and the Labour servatives and for Theresa land Secretary James Bro- a wave of anxiety through that LNG exports “support
Party 266. It projected 34 May,” former Conservative kenshire said. “It’s too early Britain and forced May to American jobs, lower en-
for the Scottish National Treasury chief George Os- in the night to be drawing defend the government’s ergy prices for our partners
Party and 14 for the Liberal borne told ITV. conclusions.” record on fighting terrorism. abroad, and contribute to
Democrats. The pound lost “Clearly if she’s got a worse The forecast is much bet- q Europe’s energy security
goals using a reliable, mar-
Russian and Chinese leaders meet, hail close ties ket based supplier.”
Officials did not reveal the
size of the delivery or the
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s a two-day summit of the Russia later this year would alliances. In 2015 the group cost of the deal, which was
President Vladimir Putin Shanghai Cooperation Or- be a “major event.” approved the membership made with Houston-based
and Chinese President Xi ganization, or SCO, which Xi in turn hailed the “strate- of India and Pakistan, and Cheniere Energy, Inc.
Jinping hailed close ties be- also includes India, Paki- gic” China-Russia ties, say- the current summit will fully The U.S. is rich in shale gas
tween the two nations dur- stan and several ex-Soviet ing that “our cooperation formalize their accession to and has been exporting
ing their meeting Thursday Central Asian nations. and mutual support have a the group. the fuel to southern Euro-
on the sidelines of a summit Welcoming Xi at the start great global significance.” Iran, Afghanistan, Mongo- pean nations such as Spain
of an alliance dominated of the talks in Kazakhstan’s The SCO was founded lia and Belarus have an ob- and Turkey, but not yet to
by Moscow and Beijing. capital Astana, Putin said in Shanghai in 1996 as a server status in the group. nations in the continent’s
The leaders are attending the Chinese leader’s visit to counterweight to Western q north.q