Reverse for Johnson in an election test

He reduced his parliamentary majority to a single seat

LONDON.- The Conservative Party of the Prime Minister of Great Britain,
Boris Johnson,
lost a special election yesterday and reduced its majority in the Parliament to one seat, with less than three months before the date planned for the
Brexit.

At the first interrogation of the Conservatives at the polls since taking office of Johnson ten days ago, the party lost the Brecon and Radnorshire representative in Wales, to the benefit of the opposition Jane Dodds. The Liberal Democratic candidate won 43% of the vote, while Conservative Chris Davies, who tried to keep the job after being convicted and fined for fraud, received 39%.

With October 31 as the date of Brexit, which Johnson himself ratified, this result makes it more difficult for the Prime Minister's government to pbad laws and win votes in the House of Commons.

Johnson argues that the country will leave the European Union (EU) with or without an exit agreement, but Parliament has already voted against the departure of the bloc without the agreement of Brussels and risks doing so again for thwart negotiations. chef's plans.

In his victory speech, Dodds urged the prime minister to "rule out a Brexit without agreement now".

"It would be a disaster for our farming communities and pastoralists," said Dodds, who will represent a rural district located 280 km west of London. In the 2016 referendum, 52% of voters in Brecon and Radnorshire voted in favor of leaving the EU, reproducing exactly the national result.

AP and Reuters agencies