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Piers Morgan taunts luvvies Hugh Grant and Steve Coogan for ‘helping Boris Johnson win landslide’ in General Election
PIERS Morgan has taunted "self-entitled" and "sneering" Leftie luvvies Hugh Grant and Steve Coogan for "helping Boris" to a landslide victory in the Election.
The outspoken Good Morning Britain attacked the celebs after the Tories headed for its biggest Commons majority since the Thatcher era.
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Morgan tweeted: "Congrats Hugh Grant & Steve Coogan - you helped get Boris a landslide."
The broadcaster then replied directly to ardent Remainer Hugh Grant after he tweeted "there goes the neighbourhood", saying: "No, there goes your credibility.
"The British people listened to your democracy-wrecking garbage & told you to f**k off."
Continuing his attack on GMB, the confrontational host said: "Can we get to my favourite part of this, which is the contribution of Hugh Grant and Steve Coogan who believed that their Hollywood star power could defy democracy.
"Chuka Umunna was boasting with his selfies with Hugh Grant who said 'I'm here to save the country'.
"His reaction was 'there goes the neighbourhood'. Well actually there goes his credibility. What we've discovered, as Hillary Clinton discovered, is celebrities can have the opposite effect.
"Entitled millionaires telling us our vote doesn't count, doesn't work.
"Coogan was so sneering about Brexiteers, he called them stupid and thick...he said his character Alan Partridge was basically like them, ignorant. I watched that and thought 'my god imagine if you're a working class Northern Labour voter who voted Leave...you've got this multi-millionaire entitled Hollywood brat telling you that your vote doesn't count.
"Well good morning Mr Coogan, Good Morning Mr Grant, it turns what you said didn't count."
Alan Partridge actor Coogan and Four Weddings and a Funeral star Grant have thrown their weight behind Labour this election.
Coogan sparked fury today in a bizarre rant where he called Conservative voters “ignorant” and suggested Brexit-backers were "ill-informed".
While Grant was taken to task by Jewish voters as he hit the campaign trail with the Labour candidate for Chingford and Woodford Green in North London last week.
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The exit poll had put the Conservatives on track for a huge win, with Labour trailing behind on 191.
And Boris has now secured a thumping victory - meaning Britain's political chaos could finally be over as he has the numbers to push his Brexit deal through Parliament in weeks.
Meanwhile, Jeremy Corbyn has announced he will quit as Labour leader after failing to win a second general election in a row - and seeing Labour to its worst defeat since 1983 under Michael Foot.
Tweeting at the time, Boris had urged Tories to turn out: "Today is our chance to get Brexit done. Vote Conservative."
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As he was pictured campaigning this evening in his constituency of Uxbridge and South Ruislip, his girlfriend Carrie Symonds also told voters to "keep going".
The third General Election in less than five years has been largely dominated by the 2016 vote to leave the European Union - with Labour pledging to give voters another say in a second referendum, while the Tories have vowed to take the UK out of the EU next month.
The last election in the UK in 2017 saw a 68.8 per cent turnout, higher than at the 2015 and 2010 elections - with bookies offering 6-4 odds on a 65-70 per cent turnout this year.
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