The substantial gains made by the ruling UK Conservative Party in the general election on 12 December 2019 mean that, barring the unexpected, the UK will leave the EU on 31 January 2020.

The Conservative government now has sufficient majority to drive parliamentary approval of the draft withdrawal agreement renegotiated with the EU by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson in October 2019. Mr Johnson campaigned in the run-up to the election for a mandate to “get Brexit done”.

Getting Brexit done is, however, only the first step in the process of redefining the UK’s new relationship with the EU.

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