LONDON, July 4 — Britons voted today in a general election widely expected to emphatically return the opposition Labour party to power and end nearly a decade-and-a-half of...
Britons voted today in a general election widely expected to emphatically return the opposition Labour party to power and end nearly a decade-and-a-half of Conservative rule. — AFP picLONDON, July 4 — Britons voted today in a general election widely expected to emphatically return the opposition Labour party to power and end nearly a decade-and-a-half of Conservative rule.
That would almost certainly put Labour leader Keir Starmer, 61, in Downing Street, as leader of the largest party in parliament.Centre-left Labour is projected to win its first general election since 2005 by historic proportions, with a flurry of election-eve polls all forecasting its biggest-ever victory.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murty, walk out of a polling station during the general election in Northallerton. — AFP pic Results from the UK’s 650 constituencies trickle in overnight, with the winning party expected to hit 326 seats — the threshold for a parliamentary majority — as dawn breaks Friday.
YouGov and More in Common both forecast the Brexit figurehead would finally become an MP at the eighth time of asking.If the predictions are accurate, Sunak will on Friday visit head of state King Charles III to tender his resignation as prime minister.
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