Labour Claim Historic Landslide Victory In 2024 U.K. Election
The Labour Party has won a historic landslide victory at the 2024 U.K. general election, defeating the ruling Conservative Party.
Labour leader Keir Starmer is now set to become the 58th prime minister of the U.K., and it is widely expected that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will step down as leader of the Conservatives.
The Conservatives, who themselves won a huge victory at the 2019 general election, saw a collapse in support over the last five scandal-plagued years as it dealt poorly with the COVID-19 pandemic, delivered a catastrophic Brexit, offered divisive and vote-losing culture war politics and its policies failed to deal with shocking rises in poverty and inequality.
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