British people rejected Labour handouts.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson won a massive victory in Thursday's general election which gave him absolute majority in the House of Commons. "That means the Conservatives will have their biggest majority at Westminster since Margaret Thatcher's 1987 election victory." The total number of seats is 650 which means 326 gives absolute majority. In 2017, the then Prime Minister Theresa May had a working majority of 17 but lost it in a snap election, which she called because opinion polls showed a healthy majority over the opposition Labour Party. This time the Conservatives increase their seats from 317 to 365 and Labour was hammered from 262 down to 203. North of the border, the Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP) increased their seat share from 35 to 48. Leader of SNP Nicola Sturgeon wants a "legal" referendum to decide independence for Scotland so that the Scots can remain a part of the European Union (EU) as Johnson is committed to taking Britain out by 31 January. "We have won votes and the trust of people who have never voted Conservative before," he said. "These people want change. We cannot, must not, must not let them down." Johnson can now get his deal with the EU passed by parliament. The deal takes the whole of the UK out of customs union with the EU but Northern Ireland will still follow EU rules on customs so as to have free trade with the Republic of Ireland. The problem for Johnson is that the Conservatives lost 7 seats in Scotland to end with just 6 seats, the Lib Dems won 4, while Labour has been virtually wiped not with just 1 seat. With an overwhelming 48 seats Sturgeon thinks that "a referendum has to be legal and accepted because I'm not in the business of just having a referendum, I want Scotland to become independent..." The Labour manifesto for this election, with its Socialist handouts and nationalisation of utilities, would be easily recognised in India. It promised to create a million jobs in every region with a minimum wage of 10 pounds per hour, free full-fiber broadband to every home, free education with lifelong learning, old age care, expansion of the National Health Service (NHS) and nationalisation of rail, mail, water and energy. This would presumably be financed by increasing taxes on the rich and on properties. The Conservatives, on the other hand, promised more nurses, more police and extra spending on education without any increase in  income tax, VAT or National Insurance contributions. The British rejected Labour showing the UK is a developed country. Even a picture of a little boy sleeping on a pile of coats on the floor of a hospital did not touch Johnson, while Labout leader Jeremy Corbyn was unable to shake off charges of anti-Jewish racism. The British rejected handouts. When will India do the same?