A 'very good result for Australia'. Scott Morrison is the frontrunner to strike the world's first post-Brexit economic deal with the United Kingdom, Australia's top envoy in London says
"That's simply because the domestic politics of Australia are far more hospitable to free-trade agreements than the politics of the United States at the moment.
But former high commissioner Mike Rann predicted Johnson's post-election honeymoon would not last and warned of "years of wrangling and pain ahead" as Britain negotiates its new trading relationship with Europe. The final election count put the Conservatives on 365 seats, an increase of 47 seats from 2017 Labour's vote plunged 7.9 per cent and the party now holds only 203 seats in the 650-seat House of Commons – the worst result since 1935.
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