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Britain speeds towards Brexit as Johnson wins large majority in election

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson won a resounding election victory on Friday that will allow him to end three years of political paralysis and take Britain out of the European Union by Jan. 31. Brexit represents the country's biggest political and economic gamble since World War Two, cutting the world

LONDON - Prime Minister Boris Johnson won a resounding election victory on Friday that will allow him to end three years of political paralysis and take Britain out of the European Union by Jan. 31.

"Leaving the European Union as one United Kingdom, taking back control of our laws, borders, money, our trade, immigration system, delivering on the democratic mandate of the people," he said, reprising the refrains of his successful Brexit referendum campaign of 2016.Nearly half a century after Britain joined the EU, Johnson must now strike new international trade deals, preserving London's position as a top global financial capital and keeping the United Kingdom together.

In a symbolic win, the Conservatives took Sedgefield, once held by former Prime Minister Tony Blair, Labour's most successful leader. However, with the complex task of negotiating his country's future relationship with the bloc still ahead of him, he may struggle to reunite a divided nation. With results in from all but one of the 650 parliamentary seats, the Conservatives had won 364, their biggest election win since Margaret Thatcher's 1987 triumph.

 

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