'I am humbled': Boris Johnson hails election win, promises action on Brexit

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'I am humbled': Boris Johnson hails election win, promises action on Brexit
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Britain's re-elected Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, says the largest Conservative majority in a poll since the 1980s proves that getting Brexit done is the will of the British people.

Britain's re-elected Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, says the largest Conservative majority in a poll since the 1980s proves the British people want Brexit pushed through.Boris Johnson said the election result meant the end of talk about a second Brexit referendum

In a jubilant speech to party supporters, Mr Johnson stressed the United Kingdom would leave the European Union by January 31. With 649 of the 650 results declared on Friday, the Conservatives had 364 seats and the main opposition Labour Party 203. "You may only have lent us [your] vote, may not think of yourself as a natural Tory, your hand may have quivered over the ballot paper before putting a cross in the Conservative box and may intend to return to Labour," he said."I, and we, will never take support for granted."

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