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Boris Johnson secures a comfortable U.K. election win

December 13, 2019 6:22 pm

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson arriving to view the elections results in his west London constituency [Source: aljazeera]

The Conservatives have won an overall majority in the general election, passing the 326 threshold with seats still to declare.

The BBC forecasts that Boris Johnson will return to Downing Street with a majority of 74.

The prime minister said it would give him a mandate to “get Brexit done” and take the UK out of the EU next month.

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Jeremy Corbyn said Labour had a “very disappointing night” and he would not fight a future election.

Labour have lost seats across the North, Midlands and Wales in places which backed Brexit in 2016.