UK`s Johnson claims Brexit mandate as Tories secure majority
(WorldNews Politics)

LONDON (AP) - 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 642 of the 650 results declared on Friday, the Conservatives had 358 seats and the main opposition Labour Party 203. `We will get Brexit done on time by Jan 31. No ifs, no buts, no maybes,` Johnson told jubilant supporters early Friday. The victory makes Johnson the most electorally successful Conservative leader since Margaret Thatcher, another politician who was loved and loathed in almost equal measure. It was...