So, Boris Johnson’s Conservative party has emerged as the unquestionable victor in the UK elections. When he called for snap polls a few months go, many dubbed it an unsafe bet. Even in the Tories, a few were buyers of the new election. Boris Johnson, however, had read the pulse of the public about the thorny issue of Brexit, and went ahead with polls to win a working majority to execute the plan. With 365 seats, up 48 from the last parliament, the Tories have a majority of 80. And this happened with the Conservatives after 32 years, for which the credit must go to maverick Boris Johnson who has won the Brexit-dominated contest. Figures tell that the parties that supported leave-the-European Union polled 47 per cent, while pro-second-referendum parties polled 51 percent. The divide is close which requires political wisdom from Boris Johnson. He will need to establish consensus on the terms under which the UK will trade with the EU after the divorce. The loser of the election 2019 is Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party, which won 203 seats, its lowest total since 1935. In the last 18 years, Labour has lost more than 50 per cent of the seats it won in 2001. This is the time for Labour to revisit its manifesto and policy over Brexit. Gains were, however, recorded by the Liberal Democrats whose share of the vote went up more than other parties. Scotland will remain a challenge to Boris Johnson before and after Brexit. The SNP has kept its appeal intact and taken 45 per cent of the vote, up eight points. The party has renewed its call for an independence referendum. Boris Johnson needs to talk to Scotland. Regardless of political and party divides, British-Pakistani have also a main victor in the 2019 elections. In all, 15 people with Pakistani origin people won their constituencies. Of them, 10 belong to Labour and five others from the Tories. Those from Labour are Naz Shah, Khalid Mehmood, Yasmin Qureshi, Afzal Khan, Tahir Ali, Muhammad Yaseen, Imran Hussain, Zarah Sultana, Shabana Mahmood and Rozina Ali. From the Conservative party, the five successful candidates are Nusrat Ghani, Imran Ahmed, Sajid Javid, Rehman Chishti and Saqib Bhatti. In all, there were 70 candidates in the polls, 30 more from the 2017 elections. Long and painful days are ahead for Boris Johnson after the great victory. Only time will tell if he emerges victorious from these testing times too. *