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Britain’s Main Opposition Party Wins Huge Parliamentary Majority, PM Rishi Sunak Concedes Defeat

9 months agoFri, 05 Jul 2024 09:58:25 GMT
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Britain’s Main Opposition Party Wins Huge Parliamentary Majority, PM Rishi Sunak Concedes Defeat

The United Kingdom’s opposition Labour Party swept to power on Friday in a parliamentary election, ending 14 years of Conservative government.

According to Reuters, the centre-left Labour led by Keir Starmer won a massive majority in the 650-seat parliament.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives suffered the worst performance in the party’s long history as voters punished them for a cost of living crisis, failing public services, and a series of scandals.

With almost all the results in, Labour had won some 410 seats, an increase of 210, while the Conservatives lost about 250 lawmakers, including a record number of senior ministers and former Prime Minister Liz Truss.

The Scottish National Party (SNP) lost 38 seats, ending its own decade of dominance in Scotland and leaving its dream of independence for Scotland in tatters.

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On the other hand, the Irish nationalists Sinn Fein became Northern Ireland’s largest party for the first time.

The populist right-wing Reform UK party, headed by Nigel Farage, who campaigned for Brexit and friend of Donald Trump, won more than four million votes.

In his victory speech, Starmer said:

We did it. Change begins now … We said we would end the chaos, and we will, we said we would turn the page, and we have.

Today, we start the next chapter, begin the work of change, the mission of national renewal and start to rebuild our country.

Sunak conceded defeat and will meet King Charles later to formally resign before Starmer is appointed in his place. He said:

Today power will change hands in a peaceful and orderly manner, with goodwill on all sides.

There is much to learn and reflect on and I take responsibility for the loss to the many good hardworking Conservative candidates … I am sorry.

However, Sunak will remain a lawmaker after a close race in his North Yorkshire constituency. He took 47.5 per cent of the vote in his constituency of Richmond and Northallerton in northern England.

Despite his convincing victory, polls have suggested there is little enthusiasm for Starmer or his party.

Due to Britain’s first-past-the-post (FPTP) system and a low turnout, Labour’s triumph was achieved with fewer votes than it secured in 2017 and 2019 – the latter its worst result for 84 years.

FPTP or winner-take-all is an electoral system where the candidate with the most votes in a given constituency wins the seat, regardless of whether they have received a majority of the votes. The candidate who receives the most votes, even if it is less than 50% of the total votes cast, is declared the winner.

Starmer assumes leadership amid a backdrop of formidable challenges. Britain faces its highest tax burden since just after World War Two, with net debt nearly matching annual economic output.

Living standards have declined, and public services, notably the cherished National Health Service, are strained, exacerbated by recurring strikes.

Starmer has pledged to mend relations with the European Union following Britain’s departure but has ruled out rejoining the bloc despite opposing Brexit.

He has also committed to unwavering support for Ukraine in its conflict with Russia. Starmer’s foreign policies align closely with those of Sunak.

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40 Comments

Anonymous · 9 months ago
WHERE THERE PARTY RALLIES BANNED? WHERE ANY OPPOSITION SUPPORTERS BEATEN? ANYONE KILLED, KNIVED, MACHETED? WAS THE ARMY INVOLVED? BALLOT COUNTING. DID IT TAKE FOR EVER? PLEASE MATSHONA LEARN TO BE CIVILISED LIKE OTHER HUMAN BEINGS ACROSS THE WORLD. UKWENZA KWENU IS WHY WE MTHWAKAZI PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO LIVE WITH YOU. YOU ARE UNCIBILISED LIKE ANIMALS.
oh gosh! · 9 months ago
this politics is homo****uality.
. · 9 months ago
Ndoozvinongofungwa chete. Typically ZANU piyefu
wenjanja general · 9 months ago
ngaabve **** kuda kupimdira politics dze Zimbabwe kwakwe wambogona here keep your Britain we keep our Zimbabwe
. · 9 months ago
Yaambuya vako here Zimbabwe yacho? Get away zvinhu zveZANU zvisingafunge
??? · 9 months ago
Vamwe vachisheedzera kuti kusvika madhongi amera nyanga kusvikira matombo oshunyika
Mudhibhisi · 9 months ago
What l admire most about the British is their honesty and openness.Had the privilege of being taught by a British tr in the early 2000 's. Some the traits which cld be handy for us Zimbos.
Nimrod · 9 months ago
The labour comeback was expected. There was no way the Indian youngster was going to get a fresh mandate. An lndian running g the government of Great Britain! That experiment was doomed to fail from the start.
. · 9 months ago
Racist. Even the Brits and Americans have gone past such mundane notions
wenjanja general · 9 months ago
muno munonz muzimbabwe hamusi musouth Africa kana uk anoda zveko ngaainde bob said " keep your england and I keep my Zimbabwe"
. · 9 months ago
akazopera seo iye Bhobho wacho?
hoyo · 9 months ago
what das this change
Lord Castlereagh · 9 months ago
Ndiko kuti ma elections zve, hapana watakanzwa akarohwa kana kuvharirwa
🏃‍♀️ Chi baby Che Zanu 🌊 · 9 months ago
Endai ikoko zve migodoyi
African Observer · 9 months ago
zveku British totonzwa nemi ma Brits. same same nezvemu Zimbabwe munotonzwa nesu ma Zimbabweans kwete kuda kutiudzira zvemuno.
. · 9 months ago
@cde, they all suffer from constipation and haemorrhoids, so they can't sit properly nor can they sh.i.t comfortably
cde · 9 months ago
miköshó yenyu mese vanhu vano supporter ZAnu
...,. · 9 months ago
voting closed at 22:30 British time yesterday and in about twelve hours, the results were known, after which the losing prime minister accepted defeat and congratulated the winner and the winner has gone to see the king after which he made a speech from where a prime minister resides, where the previous one was staying just yesterday and part of today! will there be a big and expensive inauguration with leaders of countries coming to observe?
. · 9 months ago
Zvino zveZimbabwe the army will take over voter tabulation for a week, then results announced at midnight on a Saturday night. 🤣🤣🤣
patz · 9 months ago
Kumwe kwese zvirikufamba zvakanaka. MaZimbo tinenge tirikungoitwa bullied nekudheererwa nembavha.
Ktm · 9 months ago
Well done ma British muri mucherechedzo wakanaka
wydad · 9 months ago
kune maNGO ere nema civic society groups???
· 9 months ago
Democracy at its best ,not mahumbwe atinoitirwa
wydad · 9 months ago
are NGO'S and civic society groups who meddle I. their internal affairs??
Chibaba · 9 months ago
And in Zimbabwe ZANU PF does not want electoral reforms so that they are free and fair elections.
dee~tales · 9 months ago
ED and Zanu pf are primitive
Ediots · 9 months ago
Hopewell Chin'ono saw it coming
Lt Gen A.N Sanyatwe · 9 months ago
Kuno hatiite izvozvi torova kusvika vativhotera kubvuma defeat???? musandityise imi
· 9 months ago
Zidzetse
Boss lady · 9 months ago
Sanyatwe on pindula..... 😧
Shadows · 9 months ago
no to power hungry octogenarians
Mukoma Oncemore · 9 months ago
Theirs is a smart game because they don't have influence from other nations and NGOS
🏋️🕺⛹️ · 9 months ago
utter nonsense
· 9 months ago
Hakusi kwaBushu kwamunongogwauta zvinodiwa nemusangano

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