Boris Johnson, U.K. prime minister and leader of the Conservatives Party, with his dog Dilyn, gestures after casting his vote in the U.K. general election at a polling station in London, U.K., on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019. The U.K. votes on Thursday to determine whether Johnson gets the mandate he wants to "get Brexit done," or Labour Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn replaces him in 10 Downing Street to pursue his "radical agenda" of wealth redistribution and nationalizations. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg

UK election: Boris smashes Corbyn who resigns, Pound surges as Tories grab majority, Brexit next month

Boris Johnson's gamble paid off in spades as the British electing public realigned behind the Conservative leader giving him a mandate to executive Brexit in January - and putting socialist opponent Jeremy Corbyn's career into the dumpster.

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13 Dec 2019, 5:51 am

I had a call early this morning from an excited friend with substantial investments in the UK. His unbridled joy came after a night of watching the British Election results where the Conservative Party has surged to a comfortable victory with the British Pound following suit, enjoying its best session in two and a half years. The Tory Party's colourful leader Boris Johnson has been given a firm mandate to extract his country from the European Union next month – appropriate as he was the leading personality in the "Leave" camp during the divisive 2016 Referendum. Analysts are calling this a "once-in-a-generation" realignment of British politics. The massive defeat for the Labour Party is its worst election result since 1935. It was also a strong vote against archaic socialist policies on which it leadership campaigned. Not surprisingly, Labour Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn resigned this morning. The result is also a powerful vote for Brexit, with many working class areas switching their decades long allegiance across to the Conservatives. – Alec Hogg

Boris Johnson secures a comfortable UK election win

(The Wall Street Journal) – LONDON – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson looked set to win a large majority in Thursday's general election, an outcome that would mark a stunning victory for the Brexit cheerleader and pave the way for the UK Parliament to trigger a long-delayed split with the European Union.

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