What will a Conservative majority do in government?

Brexit remains front and centre for Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson
 
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Thursday’s election saw the Conservatives emerge with an emphatic majority, and the prime minister’s party won swathes of historically Labour seats in the North, surpassing even his own campaign’s expectations to secure a resounding victory.

Johnson’s first priority will most likely be to fulfil his campaign promise to “get Brexit done,” although the country waits to see exactly what that means. Undoubtedly now, the UK will leave the EU, but the future relationship is far from being established, and if he will not countenance extending the transition period, a no deal Brexit still looms.

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