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We will leave EU on January 31, no ifs, no buts, says UK Prime Minister Johnson amid resounding victory 

WION Web Team
New Delhi Updated: Dec 13, 2019, 02:58 PM IST
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File photo of Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Photograph:(AFP)

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"We will get Brexit done on time by the 31st of January, no ifs, no buts, no maybes," Johnson told cheering supporters.

United Kingdom's Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday said Britain would leave the European Union on January 31 after his sweeping election win.

"We will get Brexit done on time by the 31st of January, no ifs, no buts, no maybes," Johnson told cheering supporters on Friday.

Johnson paid tribute to colleagues who lost their seats and said: ''This is the biggest majority for the party since the 1980s''.

He further said that he will able to get Brexit done. It was now the “irrefutable, unarguable” decision of the British people, he added.

Lauding his party for ending the threat of a second referendum, Johnson said it is his duty to deliver on the promises made by the Tories at the election.

Johnson concluded his speech by saying: ''Let’s get Brexit done. But first let’s get breakfast done''.