UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn have cast their votes in what has been billed as the UK’s most important general election in a generation. The polls opened at 7am on Thursday in a vote that will determine the future of Brexit and the economic direction of the country, as Boris Johnson attempts to secure a Conservative majority. UK Prime Minster Boris Johnson leaves the polling station after casting his vote. “This contest is tight and getting tighter,” the prime minister told hundreds of Conservative activists at an arena on the site of the 2012 Olympic Games. Mr Johnson has promised to secure parliamentary approval for his Brexit deal if he wins a majority and to take Britain out of the EU by January 31st.

Source: The Irish Times December 12, 2019 07:06 UTC