Posted on 12/14/2019 3:17:07 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said that with his House of Commons majority, he will deliver Brexit by January 31st, 2020.
With just two constituencies left to call, the Conservative Party will have between a 78- and 80-seat majority in the House of Commons, giving the party its biggest majority since Margaret Thatcher was reelected in 1987. Meanwhile, Labour has had its worst election result since 1935.
In his victory speech from Westminster on Friday morning, the prime minister said in his characteristic verbosity and humour: “We did it. We pulled it off, we broke the deadlock, we ended the gridlock, we smashed the roadblock.”
He added: “With this mandate and this majority, we will be able to get Brexit done because this election means that getting Brexit done is the irrefutable, irresistible, unarguable decision of the British people. With this election, we can put an end to all those miserable threats of a second referendum.”
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— Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) December 13, 2019
Thanking the British people, Mr Johnson also extended his “humbled” thanks to Labour voters who lent the Conservatives their votes, pledging to never take their support for granted.
He said: “You may only have lent us your vote and you may not think of yourself as a natural Tory… You may intend to return to Labour the next time around and if that is the case, I am humbled that you have put your trust in me and you have put your trust in us.
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chlorinated chicken! lol
They’ll get a Brexit for sure now.
But what kind? Real independence? Or quasi-, still subject to too many trade, immigration and dispute-resolution agreements?
Regardless, a good result for the night.
Re-vote, revote, re-vote. Keep voting till we get the result we know is right. /sarc
One might guess that conservatives have had enough of skewed polls, and are not playing their game any more.
I tend to do the same, simply hanging up on them. It's the ultimate "FReep" - invalidate their polls and elect right-thinking candidates.
The British people decisively voted for Brexit. There’s no longer any question about what they want and the Remoaners in Parliament are now in the minority.
The Labour Party has 202 seats because one of its members is resigning his party ties to be elected Speaker.
They already had a second referendum and Boris “Brexit” Johnson won.
It’s don’t think Boris is going to settle for anything short of a total, no strings attached withdrawal. He doesn’t have to negotiate anything with anyone. IMHO.
If he wants a no deal Brexit, all he has to do is repeal the Benn Act tying his hands and let January 31 come and go.
His enemies can’t stop him; only a backbencher Tory rebellion could kill it, which is highly unlikely.
Brexit for better or worse, is now inevitable.
I wonder if the Dimocratz in the U.S. have noticed the result of prolonged carping by liberals. Probably not.
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