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December 14, 2019 Boris Johnson is visiting the North of England, having been the architect of the largest electoral victory of conservatives in the last 30 years, sweeping away Labor in his traditional strongholds. His 'tour of victory' starts from the constituencies taken from the Labor party like Bishop Auckland, in the north-east, which was a labor territory since 1935, or Great Grimsby, Labor since 1945."Our country has embarked on a wonderful adventure". Johnson talks about his electoral victory and the next, now safe, exit from the UK of the EU, speaking to supporters during his visit to Sedgefield, County Durham, a district where Tony Blair was once elected, and now, for the first time from the 1930s, conquered by the Tories. The prime minister, promising that his new government "will do some fantastic things", said that with him the United Kingdom "will regain its national self-esteem, self-confidence and we will do things differently and better as a country".
"Our job is to serve the people of this country and realize our priorities," continued Johnson, stating that these are "doing Brexit, but also giving results for public health, education, safer roads, better hospitals and a better future for our country ".
The next steps
Johnson can now count on a large majority of 80 seats in the House of Commons, the biggest gap his party has ever had since 1987. The premier should announce a small reshuffle probably already on Monday while on Tuesday the deputies will return to Westminster for the oath before that the queen officially inaugurates Parliament on Thursday.
The premier also promised to bring his law on the withdrawal agreement (WAB) back to Parliament before Christmas and will probably do so by the end of next week, paving the way for the UK to leave the EU by 31 January 2020
Relations with Scotland and Northern Ireland
On Friday the 13th, Johnson met the leader of the Scottish Nationalist Party Snp (who won 48 of the 59 seats in Scotland) Nicola Sturgeon and reiterated his opposition to a second referendum for the independence of Scotland.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Northern Irish colleague Leo Varadkar agreed, also on the phone on Friday, that the UK elections created "a significant opportunity" to unlock the political stalemate between the Sinn Fein Republicans and the Unionists of the Dup has dragged on since January 2017. Johnson said the re-establishment of an executive in Belfast is at the top of his priorities.