British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is on course to win Thursday's electio...
LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is on course to win Thursday’s election comfortably, giving him the numbers in parliament needed to pass his Brexit divorce deal next month, according to an exit poll on Thursday.
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson walks with his dog Dilyn as he arrives at a polling station, at the Methodist Central Hall, after voting in the general election in London, Britain, December 12, 2019. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez“At this stage it does look as though this one-nation Conservative government has been given a powerful new mandate, to get Brexit done and not just to get Brexit done but to unite this country and take it forward.
“I will discuss with our party to ensure there is a process now of reflection on this result and on the policies that the party will take going forward and I will lead the party during that period to ensure that discussion takes place and we move on into the future.”“This is not a time for easy answers as much as I wish it was. I wish there was some silver bullet but I also wish I was a size 10 .”“It’s unquestionable that Labour’s policies are popular.
“It would be remiss of me not to mention that Jeremy Corbyn has come up on the doorstep: some people really like him, some people really dislike him, and that has been a turn off.”JAMES SMITH, ING DEVELOPED MARKETS ECONOMIST “It means the UK is likely to leave the EU smoothly at the end of January. More importantly it will give the prime minister the breathing space to extend the transition period.”“People who under-owned UK assets for years are going to look at sterling and say now it’s time to get involved.”“That would be a phenomenal victory for the Conservative Party and Boris Johnson will feel completely vindicated with the gamble that he took. That would be an absolutely dramatic victory.
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