Divide and conquer: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson launches high-risk election strategy by piperliza
LONDON - The phoney war is over. After months of rehearsing his election strategy, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is poised to run a high-risk campaign designed to exploit divisions over Brexit despite his public appeals for national unity.Ahead of the Dec. 12 vote, he will focus on portraying his new Brexit deal with the European Union as a victory for a leader who many said would be unable to win concessions from Brussels and would instead leave without an agreement.
Johnson’s deal secured initial parliamentary approval, though its passage remains uncertain. In the election, he hopes to win a parliamentary majority - something he does not currently enjoy - to push the agreement through. According to one source, the party will focus on around 40 constituencies, or voting districts, in central and northern England which voted to leave the EU.
His predecessor, Theresa May, called an election two years ago when riding high in opinion polls, only to be handed a hung parliament by voters who were unconvinced by an ill-judged campaign.
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