Boris Johnson’s Conservatives won the U.K. general election by a landslide, securing the biggest majority the party’s seen since the 1980s. The decisive majority also serves as a de facto Brexit referendum, essentially ensuring Johnson’s promise to take the U.K. out of the European Union next month.

Global’s Europe correspondent Redmond Shannon joins the show today from near the House of Commons in London, England. How did Johnson and the Conservatives pull this off, and what does it mean for Britain’s left and the future of Europe?

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