Still dominating the news is Brexit. The Conservative party of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson scored a major electoral victory in last week’s general election, now enjoying a 80 seat majority in the House of Commons. The Tories were able to crack the “red wall”, a stretch of constituencies in the north of England that voted traditionally Labor. The Labor party under the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn saw its worst electoral showing in almost 100 years.

The conservatives were able to frame the election as a “Get Brexit Done” election. Labor, on the other hand, struggled to find a clear stance on Brexit and Mr. Corbyn was bogged down by allegations of anti-Semitism. Voters who wanted the UK to remain in the European Union also coordination problems. While the succinctly named Brexit party pulled candidates from many Tory districts, Labor, Greens and Liberal Democrats, all those parties offered partial prospects for the UK remaining in the European Union. The elections showed how much the cleavage over EU integration has redefined the policy space in the UK. The Conservative party has adjusted to this reconfiguration by casting itself unequivocally as Brexit party.

The House of Commons is now set to vote on Mr. Johnson’s Brexit deal with the EU on Friday this week. Failure to pass the bill had triggered snap elections. While the deal is widely expected to pass and the UK to leave the EU on Jan 31, 2020, difficult negotiations of the UK’s future relations with the EU still lie ahead.