UK's Johnson claims Brexit mandate as Tories secure majority

13/12/2019 18:09

        Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party has won a thumping majority of seats in Britain's Parliament — a decisive outcome to a Brexit-dominated election that should allow Johnson to fulfill his plan to take the U.K. out of the European Union next month.
        
        With 648 of the 650 results declared on Friday, the Conservatives had 363 seats and the main opposition Labour Party 203.
        
        The victory makes Johnson the most electorally successful Conservative leader since Margaret Thatcher, another politician who was loved and loathed in almost equal measure. It was a disaster for left-wing Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, who faced calls for his resignation even as the results rolled in.