Britain’s Conservative Party, thrashed by Labour at the general election, on Saturday faced the task of rebuilding as leading right wingers warned it could face extinction unless it starts listening to its core voters. After crushing defeat, fight begins for soul of UK Conservative Party A record number of ex-prime minister Rishi Sunak’s top team...
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UK’s new PM Starmer speaks to world leaders, names top team
Keir Starmer set to work as Britain’s new leader Friday, speaking with world leaders and appointing his ministerial team after his Labour party’s landslide general election victory ended 14 years of Conservative rule. UK’s new PM Starmer speaks to world leaders, names top team Starmer named Rachel Reeves the UK’s first woman finance minister and...
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Keir Starmer’s cabinet list: Who’s who in new UK government?
Labour leader Keir Starmer officially became the prime minister of Britain on Friday, following his party’s landslide victory in the general elections after being in opposition for over a decade. Keir Starmer, UK prime minister, delivers the first speech of his premiership, following the general election, outside 10 Downing Street in London, UK, on Friday,...
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‘Big beasts’ slayed as Conservative party suffers UK election bloodbath
After the Conservatives lost more than 200 seats, Labour was set to govern for the first time since 2010. (Photo: Reuters) 4 min read Last Updated : Jul 05 2024 | 12:13 PM IST A record number of senior ministers, including the defence secretary and one touted as a possible future leader, lost their...
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Meet Keir Starmer, who is expected to become the next Prime Minister of Britain
Labour leader Keir Starmer is a former human rights lawyer turned state prosecutor whose ruthless ambition and formidable work ethic look set to propel him to Britain’s highest political office. The 61-year-old, named after Labour’s founding father Keir Hardie, is the centre-left opposition party’s most working-class leader in decades. “My dad was a toolmaker, my...
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Who is Keir Starmer, Labour leader poised to be next UK PM? What are his views on India?
The Labour Party, Britain’s main Opposition party, will likely score a landslide victory in the country’s general election, exit polls predicted on Thursday. Keir Starmer, the Labour Party’s leader, is expected to replace Rishi Sunak as the prime minister of Britain. Britain’s Labour Party leader Keir Starmer gives a thumbs up to his supporters after...
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Ballot in Britain: Keir Starmer-led Labour Party set to sweep to power, ousting Rishi Sunak
London: Britons were voting on Thursday in a parliamentary election that is expected to bring Keir Starmer‘s Labour Party to power, sweeping away Prime Minister Rishi Sunak‘s Conservatives after 14 often turbulent years. Opinion polls put Starmer’s centre-left party on course for a landslide victory but also suggest many voters simply want change after a...
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Virginia Tech F Tobi Lawal Called Up to Great Britain National Team
One of Virginia Tech’s newest transfer additions is getting his chance to play high-level international basketball as F Toni Lawal, a transfer from VCU, has been called up to play for the Great Britain Senior Men’s Basketball National Team. Lawal is the first Hokie men’s basketball player to be called up to their national team...
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FACTBOX-UK election: Ten seats to watch as the results come in
LONDON, July 3 (Reuters) – Opinion polls project Britain’s Labour Party is on course to return to government with a large majority in Thursday’s national election after 14 years in opposition. Opinion polls project Britain’s Labour Party is on course to return to government with a large majority in Thursday’s national election after 14 years...
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2024 U.K. election is set to overhaul British politics. Here’s what to know.
London — British voters will head to the polls Thursday to vote in the country’s first general election since 2019. Here’s what to know. Who is up for election in the U.K.? British voters will not be directly electing a new leader on Thursday. Under the United Kingdom’s parliamentary system, voters choose their local representatives for...
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UK general elections 2024: Who are the key candidates?
Millions of voters in Britain are going to the polls Thursday to choose a new House of Commons and a new government. The Conservatives and Labour traditionally dominate British politics but also in the running are the Liberal Democrats, Reform UK, among others.(AFP) Voters will elect 650 lawmakers representing as many constituencies, or local areas,...
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UK Elections 2024: Most Polls Predict Rout For Conservative Party
Home News UK Elections 2024: Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party Faces Mounting Challenge As Most Polls Predict Rout For His Party’s 14-Year Rule Polling suggests that Conservatives are only ahead in one age group: people over age 65. (ANI) London: The Conservative Party, which has been in power in the United Kingdom for around 15 years,...