Labour Party wins U.K. general election in a landslide, unseats Rishi Sunak

The Great Britain woke Friday, 5th of July, 2024 to the scene of a political earthquake. The opposition Labour Party, after 14 years in the political wilderness, has handed a brutal defeat to the ruling Conservatives.

The Labour Party has now been officially declared winner enough seats in the UK’s 2023 general election to have a majority in parliament, as vote counting continues.

Kleir Starmer who’s the labour leader is now Derain to become prime minister in the coming hours, replacing his Conservative counterpart, Rishi Sunak, who has presided over one of the worst electoral losses in British political history.

“We did it,” Starmer told a cheering crowd in an early-morning speech in central London. “You voted for it and now it has arrived. Change begins now.” He thanked voters, saying they had changed Great Britain. “A weight has been lifted, a burden finally removed from the shoulders of this great nation, and now we can look forward again,” he said.

He said his government will always put “country first, party second.” He said a “mandate like this comes with great responsibility,” and added that his government will be focused on “national renewal.” “We have to return politics to public service,” he said.

With more than half of all 650 seats counted, Labour looks set to secure one of its biggest ever majorities in the House of Commons. Starmer is expected to pay a visit to King Charles III later Friday to get the monarch’s permission to form a new government. [CONTINUE READING HERE]>>>>