13-12-2019 15:51 via sltrib.com

UK’s Johnson claims Brexit mandate as Tories secure majority

London • Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party has won a thumping majority of seats in Britain's Parliament — a decisive outcome to a Brexit-dominated election that should allow Johnson to fulfill his plan to take the U.K. out of the European Union next month.With 649 of the 650 results declared on Friday, the Conservatives had 364 seats and the main opposition Labour Party 203.“We did it — we pulled it off, didn't we?'' a jubilant Johnson told supporters
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