UK voters are deciding who they want to resolve the impasse over Brexit in a parliamentary election seen as one of the most important since the end of World War II.
With so much at stake, political parties have pushed the boundaries of truth, transparency and reality during five weeks of campaigning.
One of the focal points of the ugly campaign was the National Health Service, a deeply respected institution that has struggled to meet rising demand after nine years of austerity under Conservative-led governments.All 650 seats in the House of Commons are up for grabs in the electionThe Prime Minister called an early election in hopes of breaking a logjam in Parliament that stalled approval of his Brexit agreement in October.
Mr Johnson did not have a majority in the last Parliament and was stymied once he lost the support of the Democratic Unionist Party because of concerns about how Northern Ireland would be treated under his deal with the EU. While Mr Corbyn's Labour is unlikely to win an outright majority, smaller opposition parties hope to win enough seats so they can team with Labour to block Mr Johnson's Brexit plans.
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