Conservatives Won the British Parliamentary Elections; the UK is to Leave the EU

           The Conservatives, led by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, won a majority in the British parliamentary elections Thursday.  Their election was a mandate for the deal he negotiated for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union to regain its sovereignty by early next year, which would fulfill the referendum of June 2016 to leave, as opposed to departing in a disorderly manner without a deal.  

           A deal for the UK to leave the UK had failed to pass Parliament while the coalition Government the Conservatives led with the unionists of Northern Ireland had lost its majority.  Johnson and the Tories will now be able to govern without a coalition.  The unionists had been an obstacle to a deal particularly over the Irish border.    

The main center-left opposition party, led by a far-left leader, took heavy losses, while the liberal Scottish separatist party made gains and is expected to demand another referendum on independence, as Scotland is pro-EU.  The United Kingdom Independence Party, which was formed to advocate leaving the EU, won no seats in Parliament, as its issue was advocated by the Conservatives.

After leaving the EU, the UK would be able to establish bilateral trade relations with non-EU members. Leaving the EU would open the door for a trade agreement between the UK and the United States, its ally in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.