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Britain swings to the center-left in historic U.K. election landslide
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https://www.npr.org/2024/07/05/g-s1-8456/uk-labour-party-win-keir-starmer
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With far-right politics ascendant across the English Channel in France, the United Kingdom has swung in the opposite direction.
Incoming Prime Minister Keir Starmer hailed his win as historic, saying early Friday: “Change begins now.”
Prominent lawmakers including former Prime Minister Liz Truss, Jacob Rees-Mogg and Penny Mordaunt lost their seats in the U.K. parliament.
I have given this job my all but you have sent a clear signal, that the government of the United Kingdom must change,” Sunak told reporters as he and his wife left the prime minister’s residence at 10 Downing Street for the last time.
After 14 years in power, the Conservatives were punished at the polls for all the tumult that occurred on their watch: Brexit, which most Britons now regret; Johnson’s Partygate scandal, in which the then-prime minister threw parties while the country was under COVID-19 lockdown and lied about them; and the disastrous 2022 budget of Johnson’s successor Liz Truss, which sent shockwaves through financial markets.
The environmentalist Green Party had its most successful election night ever, winning a record four seats — up from one in the previous parliamentary session.
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