UK election: Prime Minister Boris Johnson retains seat

UK election: Prime Minister Boris Johnson retains seat
December 13, 2019, 10:55 am

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrives at the counting center in Britain's general election in Uxbridge, Britain, December 13, 2019. (Photo Reuters)

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday that his government appeared to have won a powerful new mandate to get Brexit done.

"At this stage it does look as though this one-nation Conservative government has been given a powerful new mandate, to get Brexit done and not just to get Brexit done but to unite this country and to take it forward," Johnson said after winning his seat of Uxbridge.

"I think this will turn out to be a historic election that gives us now, in this new government, the chance to respect the democratic will of the British people, to change this country for the better and to unleash the potential of the entire people of this country."

"That is what we will now do, and if we are lucky enough to be returned as the exit poll seems to suggest then that work will begin ... today."

source: Reuters

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