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UK POOL

London - 12 December 2019

1. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrives to vote

2. Johnson leaves

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrived to cast his ballot on Thursday morning as the nation goes to the polls in a general election.

The parliamentary election is seen as one of the most important since the end of World War II.