headache which johnson in northern ireland where for the 1st time parties backing a united ireland outnumbered poor british unionists the final lesson of this eventful night is of voters overwhelmingly rejecting the pool european liberals their leader was ousted ending any effort to keep britain inside the european union . these results will bring dread and dismay and people are looking for hope. i still believe that we as a country can be warm and generous inclusive and open. as day broke johnson returned reinforced to downing street choosing to walk the final few yards in a cold and frenetic election campaign boiled down he promised to finish breaks it once and for all whether he can and at what cost to his country is a story still to be told. let's go to our correspondent