British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was justified in grinning broadly as he emerged yesterday from Buckingham Palace, after being entrusted by Queen Elizabeth with the formation of a new government.
For not only has Mr Johnson scored a major electoral victory - his ruling Conservatives now enjoy their biggest majority since the party's heyday back in the 1980s - but he has also transformed the country's political map, and seized powers to shape Britain's future for perhaps decades to come.
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