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UK’s Johnson set to unveil plans as Labour opponents wrangle

By JILL LAWLESS and DANICA KIRKA, JILL LAWLESS and DANICA KIRKA, Associated Press
Published: December 18, 2019, 8:40am
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In this photo released by the House of Commons, Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks to the house on the first day of the new Parliament, in London, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019. Buoyed by a big new Conservative majority in Parliament, Johnson toughened his Brexit stance on Tuesday, ruling out any extension of an end-of-2020 deadline to strike a trade deal with the European Union.
In this photo released by the House of Commons, Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks to the house on the first day of the new Parliament, in London, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019. Buoyed by a big new Conservative majority in Parliament, Johnson toughened his Brexit stance on Tuesday, ruling out any extension of an end-of-2020 deadline to strike a trade deal with the European Union. (Jessica Taylor/House of Commons via AP) Photo Gallery

LONDON (AP) — British voters have given Prime Minister Boris Johnson a commanding majority. But they have little idea what he plans to do with it, apart from taking the U.K. out of the European Union.

Johnson won last week’s election with a pledge to “get Brexit done” by leaving the EU on Jan.

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