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Britain's Labour Party set for huge election win, exit poll shows
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/britains-labou...50884.html
INTRO: Keir Starmer will be Britain's next prime minister with his Labour Party set to win a massive majority in a parliamentary election, an exit poll on Thursday indicated, while Rishi Sunak's Conservatives are forecast to suffer historic losses.
Sterling was little moved, with traders having widely anticipated a Labour victory. It traded at around $1.2758 and 84.74 pence per euro just ahead of the exit poll. Financial markets have been priced for a Labour government with a strong majority in parliament supporting its centre-left policies.
The poll showed Labour would win 410 seats in the 650-seat parliament, ending 14 years of Conservative-led government... (MORE - details)
Tory Rule Ends in Labour Landslide
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/...-landslide
INTRO: Fourteen years of catastrophic Conservative government have come to an end as Britain gave the Labour Party a general election landslide. Exit poll predictions issued immediately after polling stations closed at 10pm put Labour on 410 seats and the Tories humbled on just 131.
This represents a gain for Labour of 209 seats over 2019, while the Tories will have lost nearly two-thirds of their parliamentary representation. The margin of Labour victory is broadly in line with Tony Blair’s 1997 win, and not as bad for the Tories as some opinion polls had predicted in the last ten days. Labour will have a Commons majority of around 170.
The exit poll also had the Liberal Democrats surging to 61 seats, an increase of 53, but showed Nigel Farage’s hard right Reform Party making a significant breakthrough with a predicted 13 MPs. In Scotland, the poll had the Scottish National Party slumping to just 10 seats, a loss of 38. Plaid Cymru will secure four MPs, and the Greens two, according to the poll.
If results correspond to the poll, which has been extremely accurate in recent elections, Keir Starmer will enter Downing Street as Prime Minister within the next 24 hours.
Firefighters’ union leader Matt Wrack said: “Today marks the end of an era of destruction and misery under Tory rule. For the past 14 years, we have endured endless attacks on our public services, pay, rights and freedoms. Keir Starmer has inherited a broken Britain, with millions struggling to pay the bills. To fix it, the new Labour government must turn its back on austerity and authoritarianism. Trade unions will be holding all new ministers to every commitment made in the New Deal for Working People. To improve people’s lives, we need to shift the balance of power away from profiteers and back to workers. This must start with reversing the Tories vicious anti-trade union laws.”
Labour has benefited from a riven right-wing, with a surge in support for Reform over the course of the campaign driving the Tories down to their lowest-ever share of the poll... (MORE - details)
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Britain's Labour Party set for huge election win, exit poll shows
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/britains-labou...50884.html
INTRO: Keir Starmer will be Britain's next prime minister with his Labour Party set to win a massive majority in a parliamentary election, an exit poll on Thursday indicated, while Rishi Sunak's Conservatives are forecast to suffer historic losses.
Sterling was little moved, with traders having widely anticipated a Labour victory. It traded at around $1.2758 and 84.74 pence per euro just ahead of the exit poll. Financial markets have been priced for a Labour government with a strong majority in parliament supporting its centre-left policies.
The poll showed Labour would win 410 seats in the 650-seat parliament, ending 14 years of Conservative-led government... (MORE - details)
Tory Rule Ends in Labour Landslide
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/...-landslide
INTRO: Fourteen years of catastrophic Conservative government have come to an end as Britain gave the Labour Party a general election landslide. Exit poll predictions issued immediately after polling stations closed at 10pm put Labour on 410 seats and the Tories humbled on just 131.
This represents a gain for Labour of 209 seats over 2019, while the Tories will have lost nearly two-thirds of their parliamentary representation. The margin of Labour victory is broadly in line with Tony Blair’s 1997 win, and not as bad for the Tories as some opinion polls had predicted in the last ten days. Labour will have a Commons majority of around 170.
The exit poll also had the Liberal Democrats surging to 61 seats, an increase of 53, but showed Nigel Farage’s hard right Reform Party making a significant breakthrough with a predicted 13 MPs. In Scotland, the poll had the Scottish National Party slumping to just 10 seats, a loss of 38. Plaid Cymru will secure four MPs, and the Greens two, according to the poll.
If results correspond to the poll, which has been extremely accurate in recent elections, Keir Starmer will enter Downing Street as Prime Minister within the next 24 hours.
Firefighters’ union leader Matt Wrack said: “Today marks the end of an era of destruction and misery under Tory rule. For the past 14 years, we have endured endless attacks on our public services, pay, rights and freedoms. Keir Starmer has inherited a broken Britain, with millions struggling to pay the bills. To fix it, the new Labour government must turn its back on austerity and authoritarianism. Trade unions will be holding all new ministers to every commitment made in the New Deal for Working People. To improve people’s lives, we need to shift the balance of power away from profiteers and back to workers. This must start with reversing the Tories vicious anti-trade union laws.”
Labour has benefited from a riven right-wing, with a surge in support for Reform over the course of the campaign driving the Tories down to their lowest-ever share of the poll... (MORE - details)