▲ 51 ▼ UK General Election Results Live: 'We Did it' Says Keir Starmer as Labour Wins Landslide in General Election - BBC News (www.bbc.co.uk) submitted 2 years ago* by AngusTheNerd@feddit.uk to c/uk_politics@feddit.uk 8 comments fedilink hide all child comments 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.
[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) Being better than the Tories is the lowest bar to clear ever. Let's see how it goes. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] echodot@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago* I'm not holding out a lot of success initially, but there is the possibility that things like the unions and the more progressives within the Labour party will start to make enough noise that they well able to achieve something in a few years. The same way that the likes of Ress Mog managed to pull the conservatives over to the right. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] echodot@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago* I'm not holding out a lot of success initially, but there is the possibility that things like the unions and the more progressives within the Labour party will start to make enough noise that they well able to achieve something in a few years. The same way that the likes of Ress Mog managed to pull the conservatives over to the right. permalink fedilink source parent