Britain votes resoundingly for Boris Johnson

Britain’s general election has delivered a stunning result that few had anticipated. The Conservative Party, headed by Boris Johnson, the prime minister, has won 364 seats with one left to declare. That easily surpasses the 326 required for an outright majority in Parliament. Mr Johnson will now enjoy a comfortable majority to “get Brexit done”—in other words, to pass the withdrawal agreement that he negotiated with European Union leaders in October.

In truth, the election-night story was not so much that of a Tory surge but of a Labour slump. The Conservatives’ vote share has increased by just one percentage point, while the Labour Party, led by Jeremy Corbyn, saw its share slide by eight points. Mr Corbyn, who has said he will not lead Labour in another election, has presided over his party’s worst result since 1935.