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Labour wins UK general election with Keir Starmer to be next prime minister | BBC News

Labour has officially won the 2024 general election after reaching the required 326 seats.

Speaking in central London, the next prime minister Keir Starmer says "change begins now".

"It feels good, I have to be honest," he tells a cheering crowd.

He adds that the task of a Labour government is "nothing less than renewing the ideas that hold our country together".

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  1. Almost everything in UK is behind compared to other European countries, housing, airports, healthcare, roads, Law Enforcement, right down to the water pressure in the house.
    Germany’s law enforcement took down a coup, Belgium’s healthcare ranks 3rd in the world, France has arguably the best water supply in the world, Italy has on average some of the longest living people in the world with a blue zone in their country. Norway’s prison system is great too, meanwhile England still hires surgeons and GP’s from Europe even though they left the EU. Their own government doesn’t play by its own rules, Boris Johnson and Matt Hancock during the pandemic are prime examples. Their healthcare service is collapsing, their teachers and ambulance workers are striking too.

    How far has the “5th richest country on Earth” fallen.

    Show us what you can do Labour..

  2. They have a very short window to make Britain work again or they will be out in 5 years. Ruling with 35ish percent of the vote means they are only there because the Torries were so bad. not because Labor are any good.

    • I agree, people voted the torries out more than Labour in, conservatives had to go, I think if Diane Abbott was Labour leader they would’ve won. Starmer had 10 thousand less votes in his own constituency than in 2019.

    • Sunak was a brilliant PM but he couldn’t do much to kick out the refugees and asylum seekers who keep coming to Great Britain – Let us see what Labour can do about it. It is a relaxing time for Sunak – he had done a good job for the UK in the most difficult times. All the best for Starmer!

    • @wheeIz  Almost every economist right and left wing have stated the same thing. The mess the nation is in will take decades to fix as the hole the Troy party left us in is awful.
      Nothing will change that, and in 50 years time we Will still be talking about the epic mess.made by this Tory government, it will not be forgotten.

    • @@rivgacooper5330 A lot of that would have happened irregardless of who was in power. We aren’t stupid, we know labour won’t take responsibility for their screw ups. You can make as many excuses as you like.

  3. The forest was shrinking, but the trees kept voting for the Axe, for the Axe was clever and convinced the trees that because his handle was made of wood, he was one of them.
    Turkish Proverb

  4. I’m over the moon to see the Tories gone but not at all excited for Starmer’s premiership, he is utterly charmless and a charisma void…not to mention he’s basically a Tory-lite. 😩

    • @@terryloftus3207 I didn’t vote labour, but I accept the result. Because now all the hot air will stop, and it’s all action now. We will see if labour will actually back up their claims in the next 5 years. If immigration is higher by then, I wouldn’t be surprised if there is major revolt like France. Because by then labour and conservative will have showed their worth. No more talk, don’t let us down.

    • That is true. And I agree 100% that the Conservatives wasted their recent mandate. For the next 4 years, be prepared to hear how the Labour government’s incompetence is blamed on “14 years of the Tories”. Starmer is the only competent Labour MP.

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