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'Deal is done', says a jubilant Boris Johnson after post-Brexit pact

He soon took to the podium at 10 Downing Street in London to declare that he had kept his promise to the British electorate, who had voted for Brexit in a referendum in June 2016

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Aditi Khanna | PTI London
"The deal is done," was the message posted on social media alongside an image of a jubilant UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson with his arms in the air, moments after news of a post-Brexit free trade agreement (FTA) hit the headlines on Thursday.

He soon took to the podium at 10 Downing Street in London to declare that he had kept his promise to the British electorate, who had voted for Brexit in a referendum in June 2016 and then handed him a thumping majority in December 2019 on a manifesto that centred around getting Brexit done.
 
"We have concluded the