{"id":41550,"date":"2024-07-05T10:10:37","date_gmt":"2024-07-05T05:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=41550"},"modified":"2024-07-05T10:10:37","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T05:10:37","slug":"rishi-sunak-concedes-defeat-as-labour-headed-for-landslide-uk-election-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world\/rishi-sunak-concedes-defeat-as-labour-headed-for-landslide-uk-election-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Rishi Sunak concedes defeat as Labour headed for landslide UK election win"},"content":{"rendered":"

LONDON: <\/span>Keir Starmer will be Britain\u2019s next prime minister with his Labour Party set to win a huge parliamentary majority in the country’s general election<\/a>, an exit poll on Thursday indicated, while Rishi Sunak\u2019s Conservatives are forecast to suffer historic losses.<\/span><\/p>\n

The poll showed Labour would win 410 seats in the 650-seat parliament, ending 14 years of Conservative-led government.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sunak\u2019s party <\/span>was<\/span> forecast to only take 131 seats, down from 346 when parliament was dissolved, as voters punish the Conservatives for a cost-of-living crisis and years of instability and in-fighting which has seen five different prime ministers since 2016.<\/span><\/p>\n

The centrist Liberal Democrats were predicted to capture 61 seats while\u00a0Brexit\u00a0campaigner Nigel Farage\u2019s right-wing populist Reform UK was forecast to win 13.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt is exactly what Keir Starmer wanted. He wanted a proper mandate to serve the people, he said \u2013 a mission-led government \u2013 and it seems that the verdict of the British people is that: yes, they are very much minded to have a change,\u201d AFP<\/em> reported.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIf this exit poll is correct, then this is a historic defeat for the Conservative Party, one of the most resilient forces that <\/span>we have seen in British political history,\u201d Keiran Pedley, research director at Ipsos, which carried out the exit poll, told Reuters.<\/span><\/p>\n

If the exit poll proves right, it represents an incredible turnaround for Starmer and Labour, which critics and supporters said was facing an existential crisis just three years ago when it lost a parliamentary seat on a 16% swing to the Conservatives, an almost unique win for a governing party.<\/span><\/p>\n

Starmer has promised <\/span>change<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

“Tonight, people here and around the country have spoken and they’re ready for change, to end the politics of performance, a return to politics as public service,” Starmer said after winning his seat in London.<\/p>\n

“The change begins right here … You have voted. It is now time for us to deliver.” Sunak conceded defeat and said he had called Starmer to congratulate him on his victory.<\/p>\n

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The work of change begins today. pic.twitter.com\/DfP1UG1Upr<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Keir Starmer (@Keir_Starmer) July 5, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n