Buoyed by a landslide election victory, Boris Johnson’s Conservative government plans to make good on his campaign mantra to 'get Brexit done.'
There will be no letup for U.K. lawmakers worn out after Britain’s bruising election campaign. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to begin “before Christmas” the push to secure parliamentary approval for his Brexit deal.
The Conservatives won 365 of the 650 seats in the House of Commons. Labor took 203 seats, its worst total since 1935. With a Conservative majority of 80, the tortured wrangling that has been a hallmark of Brexit debates since Britain’s 2016 referendum on its EU status should be consigned to history.But once the Brexit legislation has passed, negotiations between London and Brussels will begin on a new deal covering their economic and strategic relationship.
The first order of business when the new lawmakers take their seats Tuesday on the green leather-clad wooden benches of the House of Commons’ debating chamber is electing a speaker. That position was elevated to global fame by former Speaker John Bercow and his theatrical cries of “Or-derrr” before he stepped down and was replaced in November by Lindsay Hoyle.On Thursday, Queen Elizabeth II will deliver a speech written by Johnson’s government, laying out the administration’s policy plans.
While the Conservatives are forging ahead with their policy platform, the defeated opposition Labor Party was licking its wounds and preparing to find a successor to leader Jeremy Corbyn, who has said he will relinquish the party leadership early next year. But he also insisted that his party’s ambitious, big-spending policy platform was popular and blamed the British media for their portrayal of Labor. Corbyn was widely criticized for his perceived tolerance of anti-Semitism in his inner circle.After coming under fire from his own party in the aftermath of the electoral carnage, Corbyn said he will step down after a “period of reflection.
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