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  Boris looks set for victory as early results in UK’s Brexit election pour in

  World | December 13, 2019 7:04 IST

  The first sign of what the results held in store came with a definitive exit poll released at the close of voting at 2200 GMT on Thursday, which predicted the Johnson-led Conservative Party winning 368 seats, with the Labour Party way down at 191 in a predominantly Tory blue versus Labour red contest.

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  Boris Johnson on the backfoot ahead of final UK election TV debate

  World | December 06, 2019 19:49 IST

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is preparing to take on opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn in the last head-to-head debate before a general election in six days — and facing allegations that he’s shirking tough questions about his character and record.

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  Boris Johnson's Get Brexit Done manifesto seeks stronger ties with India

  World | November 24, 2019 23:47 IST

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday launched the Conservative Party manifesto for the December 12 general election with a central pledge to "get Brexit done" and make the UK "Corbyn-neutral by Christmas", as well as forge closer ties with India.

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  '...from India or America': When Boris Johnson mentioned Indian scientists in election campaign

  World | November 15, 2019 21:29 IST

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday made a specific plug for Indian scientists as part of what he says would be the Conservative Party's controlled immigration policy for the UK if voted to power in the December 12 election.  

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  British PM Johnson promises to end 'paralysis' over Brexit

  World | November 06, 2019 20:57 IST

  Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday said if he wins next month's general election, he would end the "paralysis" in Parliament over Brexit but warned that a victory for the Opposition Labour Party would mean a "horror show" and further delay in UK's divorce from the EU.

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  Boris Johnson in “deep regret” at missing Brexit deadline

  World | November 03, 2019 18:07 IST

  Boris Johnson said on Sunday that it was a matter of “deep regret” for him to have missed the October 31 Brexit deadline and blamed Parliament for the delay in his election campaign fight back.

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  Trump criticises Johnson's Brexit deal

  World | November 01, 2019 7:02 IST

  "We can't make a trade deal with the UK because I think we can do many times the numbers that we're doing right now and certainly much bigger numbers than you are doing under the European Union." Trump told LBC.

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  'Get Brexit Done' will be Boris Johnson's December 12 poll pitch

  World | October 30, 2019 23:20 IST

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson went into unofficial campaign mode with a "Get Brexit Done" message from Wednesday, a day after British MPs backed his bill for December 12 general election.

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  British MPs vote in favour of holding general elections on December 12

  World | October 30, 2019 6:56 IST

  The House of Commons approved the bill by a margin of 430 to 20, paving the way for the general election -- the first in December since 1923.

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  UK PM Johnson to push again in fourth bid for Dec 12 snap poll

  World | October 29, 2019 18:15 IST

  With his "do or die" pledge to leave the EU by the October 31 deadline now dead, Johnson has set his hopes for getting his snap poll bill through the Commons threshold. His latest attempt may just succeed after the Opposition Labour Party said it would back an early election in December.

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  UK moves closer to December election for 1st time since 1923

  World | October 29, 2019 18:00 IST

  The leader of the U.K.’s opposition Labour Party told fellow lawmakers Tuesday that he’ll back an early election for Britain now that the prospect of crashing out of the European Union without a deal has been taken off the table.

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  Brexit deadline extended, January 31 is the new date

  World | October 28, 2019 16:06 IST

  The UK and especially UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson probably got a little respite as European Union on Monday, agreed to extend Brexit deadline to January 21, 2020

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  Boris Johnson eyes general election after pausing Brexit Bill

  World | October 23, 2019 18:37 IST

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is preparing to push for a general election if the European Union (EU) offers a three-month extension to the October 31 Brexit deadline, after MPs rejected his fast-track timetable for the passage of the EU Withdrawal Bill in the UK Parliament.

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  UK PM Boris Johnson in dash to get his Brexit deal through Parliament

  World | October 22, 2019 23:53 IST

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday launched a final push to get his Brexit deal through Parliament in order to meet the October 31 deadline for the UK to leave the European Union (EU) with an agreement in place.

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  UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson publishes his Brexit Withdrawal Bill

  World | October 22, 2019 15:01 IST

  The Bill details exactly how Parliament is expected to put the deal that the Prime Minister agreed with his counterparts around the continent into UK law

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  UK lawmakers vote to delay final Brexit decision again

  World | October 19, 2019 23:33 IST

  At a rare weekend sitting of Parliament, lawmakers voted 322-306 to withhold their approval of the Brexit deal until legislation to implement it has been passed. The vote sought to ensure that the U.K. cannot crash out of the EU without a divorce deal on the scheduled departure date. Johnson, who struck the agreement with the EU earlier this week, said he was not "daunted or dismayed" by the result and would continue to do all he can to get Brexit done in less than two weeks.

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  UK lawmakers to vote on whether to delay Brexit decision

  World | October 19, 2019 15:31 IST

  Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s plan to get Parliament to approve his divorce deal with the European Union was thrown into doubt Saturday, as lawmakers were first given a vote on whether — yet again — to delay their final decision on Brexit.

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  Brexit: UK PM Johnson would seek delay if no deal, say court papers

  World | October 04, 2019 22:44 IST

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson would seek an extension to the Oct. 31 Brexit deadline if no withdrawal deal with the European Union is reached by mid-October, according to a document read aloud in a Scottish court Friday.

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  UK PM Boris Johnson denies allegation of having misbehaved with woman

  World | September 30, 2019 22:17 IST

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, already under pressure as the October 31 Brexit deadline looms, has denied allegations by a UK journalist of inappropriate touching her 10 years ago. The controversy around his conduct came days after he similarly denied any impropriety in alleged special treatment for a former American model-turned-businesswoman during his time as London Mayor.

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  Now, Pak's UN envoy trolled for referring British PM as 'Foreign Min'

  World | September 24, 2019 7:46 IST

  Even in 2017, Lodhi had held up a photograph of a scarred girl at the United Nations, she said she was offering proof of "brutality" in Kashmir. But the photo turned out to be that of a 17-year-old Palestinian girl, taken in Gaza in 2014 by award-winning photographer Heidi Levine.