The General Election has yielded a conclusive result, which has reshaped British politics for some time to come. The Conservative Party has been returned to power with a majority of 80 in the House of Commons, which means that Prime Minister Boris Johnson can carry out his pledge to complete Brexit by the end of January.
The Labour party has lost 60 seats in the Commons, which some put squarely at the door of its leader Jeremy Corbyn and the leadership around him. Not everybody is prepared to accept this assessment, blaming everybody, including the media, apart from Corbyn and the Momentum movement within Labour.
The Scottish National Party have gained a dozen more seats in Scotland, reaching 48 seats in the Commons. A battle royal looms between the SNP and the UK government over a Section 30 Order, which would give the Scottish Government the legal power to hold an independence referendum for Scotland. The Conservative Party is known as the Conservative and Unionist Party in Scotland, which will highlight its opposition to Scottish independence. Ms Sturgeon has pledged that only legal routes will be followed to achieve the SNP aim of independence. Let's hope so.
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