U.K. elects new prime minister | Keir Starmer becomes UK's new prime minister
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Published 2024-07-05
Starmer led Britain’s Labour Party to a landslide election victory, and on Friday became the country’s 58th prime minister — the first leader from the center-left party to win a U.K. national election since Tony Blair, who won three in a row starting in 1997.
It’s the latest reinvention for a man who went from human rights attorney to hard-nosed prosecutor and from young radical to middle-aged pragmatist.
Like Blair, who refashioned the party as “New Labour” in the 1990s, 61-year-old Starmer led Labour to a landslide victory over Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party in Thursday’s election after dragging the party towards the political middle ground.
He won by promising voters change, but also calm, vowing to restore stability to public life and give Britain “the sunlight of hope” after 14 years of turmoil under the Conservatives.
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Is Sir Keir going to at least let you guys ride horses once the cars are gone?
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Who gives a crap
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Heir Starr is finally in charge.
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If the British people are happy with this guy than so is the USA. England for the English.
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What I find stone cold about it is the old PM moves out of 10 Downing Street that day! They go see the King to tender a resignation, and never return to 10 Downing Street again!
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Kwier Starmer??? Don't give up UK, your Reform party will be kickin arse
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Full steam ahead, you have 90 days. You're resignation is next
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This is going to be one giant crap show. Cant wait.
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Welldone UKFrom USA
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He’s no Keir Hardie
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This new guy gives me a bad vibe 😅 the last 2 we had were morons but this one strikes me as evil …. Let’s hope I’m wrong about it 😅
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FANTASTIC!!!
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Well for starters how can soneone that don't live in uk can vote I just singed up today and what the f is that about this country is being neglected and only people suffering is British citizens people that are coming over shouldn't have a say about anything about this country only people that should vote are British born citizen it like we vote but yet uk citizens have no rights we suffer and get neglected just so other non uk citizens can get house free food vouchers free rent benefits pip the lot and yet uk citizens get no rights we haft to watch this country go down hill and we gotta live with it us uk citizens have had to deal with alot over the last 5 years and it just getting worse we feel all the right we are entitled to there entitled to and it unfair no fair trade no more we can't have no rights and I worry for my kids future coz I don't want them to haft to deal with the mess we haft to put up today it only gonna get harder and we the ones that haft to suffer but my comment won't mean anything but attest people will be able to relate
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There's hope...I am the gate; whoever enters through me (Jesus/God) will be saved. They will come in and go out, and find pasture. The thief comes only to steal, kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. John 10:9,10 Repent/believe Jesus loves you live 4 Him!
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WE SUPPORT BHAI AMRITPAL KHALSA .. THE NEXT CM . NEVER SUPPORT AAP PARTY .. MAAN A PUPPET .
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First action Pull all support for Israel and push for a Palestinian state
