A year of waking up to ballot box shocks

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Waking up to unexpected political results has become a common occurrence during the past year&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;When Theresa May called the snap election in the UK on April 18 she enjoyed the largest poll lead of any Conservative prime minister in modern history&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She said she needed a stronger position in the Commons to secure her plans for the UK&&num;8217&semi;s future outside the EU and was widely expected to increase her party&&num;8217&semi;s 17-seat majority&period; But the vote resulted in a hung parliament and questions over whether she will even remain in her job&period; Even as polling stations for the EU referendum closed on the evening of June 23 last year&comma; most observers&comma; pollsters and bookmakers were expecting victory for Remain&comma; albeit by the narrowest of margins&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ukip leader Nigel Farage even came close to conceding defeat&comma; admitting he believed that Remain had &&num;8220&semi;nicked it&&num;8221&semi; and vowing to fight on for withdrawal from the EU&period; The eventual 52&percnt; to 48&percnt; victory for Brexit caught financial markets and the international order off-guard as repercussions sent shockwaves across the globe&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;David Cameron quit as prime minister after the humiliating defeat and more than £100 billion was wiped off the FTSE 100&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;06&sol;IMG&lowbar;2186&period;jpg"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;06&sol;IMG&lowbar;2186&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"325" class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-113299" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The UK is not the only country to have witnessed a stunning political outcome in recent months&period; Donald Trump&&num;8217&semi;s election as US president on November 8 was the ultimate triumph of the outsider&period; The outspoken businessman and TV personality made history as the first person to win the race to the White House in more than 60 years without any experience as a governor or in Congress&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Against almost all pollsters&&num;8217&semi; predictions&comma; the Republican candidate easily cleared the hurdle of 270 US electoral college votes needed to secure victory &&num;8211&semi; even though Democrat rival Hillary Clinton won more actual votes&period; It marked a remarkable career change for the entrepreneur&comma; who achieved a new level of celebrity in 2003 following his starring role in the US version of The Apprentice&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed5c3f3fce7">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; 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