The Conservative Party has been handed a “powerful new mandate” to finish Brexit and take the United Kingdom forward after the UKElection, Prime Minister BorisJohnson says.
The Conservative Party has been handed a “powerful new mandate” to finish Brexit and take the United Kingdom forward, Prime Minister Boris Johnson says.
“I want to thank the people of this country for turning out to vote in a December election that we didn’t want to call but which I think has turned out to be a historic election,” he said, speaking from his constituency of Uxbridge and South Ruislip after being re-elected. “It gives us now, in this new government, a chance to respect the democratic will of the people, to change this country for the better and unleash the potential of the entire people of this country.
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