Following a decisive victory by the Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson who won an 80-seat majority over all other parties in the snap 2019 General Election the United Kingdom successfully left the bloc on Friday 31 January 2020 at 23:00 GMT although the effects of the European Communities Act 1972 meaning the decisions, directives and regulations of the EU are still directly applicable with full legal force in the United Kingdom and is also supreme to all domestic legislation, in effect another source of UK legislation until the end of the implementation period (a period which the UK will continue to follow most EU laws and regulations) which is currently expected to be 31 December 2020.