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UK Election 2019: Boris Johnson defeats Jeremy Corbyn by landslide
UK Election 2019 : Boris Johnson defeats Jeremy Corbyn by landslide. Photography by Shane Taylor for The Sydney Morning Herald + WIRES <p>Follow us on Twitter @photosSMH and @theage_photo</p> <p>Like our photos? Selected images available from <a href="http://consumer.fairfaxsyndication.com/C.aspx?VP3=SearchResult&ALID=2ITPN4UZPJU6">www.fairfaxphotos.com</a></p>
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In this two photo combo image, showing the leaders of Britain's two main political parties outside their polling stations to vote Thursday Dec. 12, 2019, in the general election. At left is Conservative Party leader Boris Johnson at Methodist Central Hall in Westminster area of London, and photo at right shows Britain's Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, in Islington area of London. Voting is underway across the country in a general election that may resolve the stalemate over Brexit, widely seen as one of the most decisive votes in modern times.Credit:AP
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Laycock Center Polling Station, Islington, London on December 12, 2019.Credit:Shane Taylor
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Marchmont Community Center, London.Credit:Shane Taylor
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Marchmont Community Center, London.Credit:Shane Taylor
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson poses outside Methodist Hall polling station as he casts his vote with dog Dilyn, on December 12, 2019 in London, England. The current Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson called the first UK winter election for nearly a century in an attempt to gain a working majority to break the parliamentary deadlock over Brexit. The election results from across the country are being counted overnight and an overall result is expected in the early hours of Friday morning. Credit:Getty
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Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the Labour party, second left, departs with Laura Alvarez, his wife, after they cast their votes in the U.K. general election at a polling station in London, U.K., on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019. The U.K. votes on Thursday to determine whether Prime Minister Boris Johnson gets the mandate he wants to "get Brexit done," or Corbyn replaces him in 10 Downing Street to pursue his "radical agenda" of wealth redistribution and nationalizations. Credit:Bloomberg
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Marchmont Community Center, London, December 12, 2019.Credit:Shane Taylor
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Labour councillor Rishi Madlani outside Marchmont Community Center, London, December 12, 2019.Credit:Shane Taylor
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Methodist Central Hall Polling Station, Westminster.Credit:Shane Taylor
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Vote Labour Sticker under Finsbury Park Bridge, London, December 12, 2019 .Credit:Shane Taylor
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Independent candidate 'Count Binface' jokes with members of the media as the count continues at the Uxbridge and South Ruislip Count on December 12, 2019 in Uxbridge, England. Credit:Getty
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Marchmont Community Center, London.Credit:Shane Taylor
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Islington Town Hall Polling Station, London.Credit:Shane Taylor
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Rain and bad weather during the UK General Election 2019.Credit:Shane Taylor
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Marchmont Community Center, London.Credit:Shane Taylor
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Marchmont Community Center, London, December 12, 2019.Credit:Shane Taylor
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Rain and bad weather during the UK General Election 2019 in London.Credit:Shane Taylor
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Poor weather at Islington, London on election day.Credit:Shane Taylor
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Rain and bad weather during the UK General Election 2019, London.Credit:Shane Taylor
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People voting at Marchmont Community Center, London.Credit:Shane Taylor