Johnson voted in important election for Johnson and Scotland

Closed offices at 9:00 am GMT mark the start of the count, which, however, promises to be prolonged due to restrictions related to the epidemic. Results are expected very slowly only on Fridays and throughout the weekend.

The poll was held in England, Scotland and Wales on Thursday, a year after being postponed due to a health crisis, the poll was described as “Super thursday“”Super Thursday“), The most significant locally since 1973.

According to the score, potentially decisive for the future of the United Kingdom that Scottish separatists would receive, it was also the first electoral test for Boris Johnson, as his stunning victory in the 2019 legislative elections promised to achieve Brexit With, is now effective.

“It’s a big day“, The leader said in a video posted on Twitter on Thursday, calling on the British to vote for their conservative party to face the opposition which is only doing”Playing political games“, according to him.

– conservative change –

On Friday morning, the first expected results, among the most scrutinized, are from Hartlepool. This Labor and much pro-Brexit stronghold in the north-east of England could switch conservative, with the election of a new deputy, following the resignation of an outgoing elected official accused of sexual harassment.

This will be a new snub for Labor after the Tories came to power in 2019.Red wall“Labor, these regions are affected by the fragmentation of the north of England. And a failure for the leader of the formation of the opposition, Keir Starr: The party first rigged the ballot after a key post in April 2020. In legislative elections.

“Whatever the result, I will take responsibility for it“, He said on Wednesday.

Building on the success of the coronovirus vaccination campaign, Boris Johnson remains in the polls, despite numerous scandals that have financed the renovation of his official apartment and a very heavy epidemic toll – leaving more than 127,500 dead.

– “On razor wire“-

For Scotland, it would be necessary to wait until at least Saturday evening to know the distribution of seats in the new local parliament.

If separatists in power win a majority, Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon, head of the Scottish National Party (SNP), intends to be able to hold a new independence referendum by putting pressure on the London government.

But Boris Johnson strongly opposed it, pointing out that the Scots had already chosen 55% to live in the United Kingdom in 2014. “Now is not the time for irresponsible referendum (…)“, He speculated on Wednesday.

Supporters of a new referendum reported that Brexit, with Scots 62%, was a game-changer.

The SNP’s surge after months of elections and the promise of a majority in favor of independence may have disenchanted the party, with recent surveys showing less optimism.

“It actually plays on the edge of a razor“, Twitter admitted to Nikola Sturgeon, whose party may be forced to govern in the coalition.

Some fear the permanent devastating effects of the epidemic on the Scottish economy, such as Alec Telfer, 64, president of the Blackface Sheep Breeders’ Association, already financially affected by Brexit. “We need strength in unity and start new boundaries (…), this will be madness.“, He told AFP.

Postponed for a year due to the epidemic, these elections were to allow 48 million voters to renew some 5,000 seats in England’s 143 local assemblies, the thirteen mayors in the capital London as well as the Welsh and Scottish Mothers – Father also included.

In London, five years after becoming the first Muslim mayor of a large Western capital, Shram Sadiq Khan has been awarded the winner for a second term against the conservative Shaun Bailey.

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