Conservatives win UK election landslide, triggering path to Brexit
The United Kingdom has cleared the path to leave the European Union early next year after Boris Johnson's Conservative Party won a huge victory in the country's closely watched general election.
With just one seat left to be declared, the Conservative Party won 364 seats, giving them a majority in Parliament of 78 -- the largest majority they have secured since 1987, when Margaret Thatcher was prime minister. The result indicates Johnson's Conservatives will have enough lawmakers to pass through his Brexit deal, which would have the country leave the EU by Jan. 31, 2020.
— Donald J. Trump December 13, 2019 President Donald Trump heaped praise on Johnson after it became clear the Conservatives had won a majority, talking up the prospect of a free trade deal between the U.S. and the U.K. The socialist leader of the Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn, meanwhile, announced he would not be leading the Labour Party in the next general election after the significant defeat.
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