General election 2019: PM to visit north after Labour heartland gains
Following the Conservatives' election win, Mr Johnson spoke with SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon on Friday evening and reiterated his opposition to a second independence referendum in Scotland.
After speaking to Ms Sturgeon, the PM also took phone calls from German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar to discuss the next steps on Brexit. The Brexit Party - which triumphed in the summer's European Parliament elections - failed to win any Westminster seats. He also thanked lifelong Labour supporters who deserted Jeremy Corbyn's party and turned to the Conservatives, saying he would fulfil his pledge to take the UK out of the EU on 31 January."We are going to unite and level up" - Boris Johnson speaks outside Downing Streetlost her Dunbartonshire East seat to the SNP by 149 votes.
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