Friday, December 13
FT News Briefing
Forhecz Topher
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🗓️ 13 December 2019
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
Boris Johnson declared a powerful mandate for Brexit after a crushing UK election victory. The FT’s Sebastian Payne breaks down the results. Plus, the US House of Representatives judiciary committee pushes a critical vote on the impeachment process into Friday, and the US and China were closing in on a limited trade deal on Thursday night.
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| 0:00.0 | The UK's energy partner. |
| 0:06.0 | Learn more at equinore. |
| 0:08.0 | At Aquinore. |
| 0:10.0 | Good morning from the Newsroom of the Financial Times. |
| 0:13.5 | Today is Friday, December 13th. |
| 0:16.0 | I'm Mark Filipino, and this is the UK election special edition of your FT news briefing. |
| 0:24.1 | Let's get right to it. |
| 0:25.5 | Voters in the UK turned out at the polls on Thursday and decisively chose against a |
| 0:30.0 | Labor Party led Britain. |
| 0:32.1 | The Conservatives were on track to win a significant majority in Parliament |
| 0:35.5 | at the time of recording. |
| 0:37.1 | It does look as though. This one nation Conservative government has been given a powerful new mandate. |
| 0:45.0 | To get Brexit done. |
| 0:49.0 | That was Conservative Party leader Boris Johnson early this morning. |
| 0:52.0 | The FT Sebastian Payne has been on the campaign Party leader Boris Johnson early this morning. |
| 0:52.8 | The FT Sebastian Payne has been on the campaign trail from the very start. |
| 0:56.6 | Hi, Seb. |
| 0:57.6 | Hey Mark. |
| 0:58.6 | Seb with the Conservatives' sweeping win. |
| 1:00.7 | What does this mean for Brexit? Well, it means Brexit is certainly going to happen now because when Boris Johnson called |
| 1:07.4 | this election, there was a question about whether Romainers in the UK would find their voice and whether a hung part would |
| 1:14.3 | ensue and potentially a second referendum that has been firmly rejected by |
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