Around 6 o’clock Norwegian time on Friday morning, it was clear: the Labor party had gained a majority in Parliament and secured a historic victory in the British election. An hour later figures from the BBC show that Labor has won 387 seats. While the Conservatives, the Tories, have only received 94 mandates. It is a crushing decrease of 214 from the previous election in 2019. To get a majority, a party must win 326 seats. There are still 74 seats to be decided. Thus, 14 years of Conservative rule in Great Britain are over. Just before 6 o’clock, Prime Minister and Tory leader Rishi Sunak acknowledged that they have lost the election. He congratulates Labor leader Keir Starmer on his victory. Tory leader Rishi Sunak watched as the election results came in. Photo: Temilade Adelaja / Reuters Promise change – We did it. You campaigned for him, you fought for him, you voted for him, and now he is here, said Keir Starmer in his victory speech. – The change starts now, he emphasized to jubilant supporters. Starmer was himself re-elected to Parliament from his district in north London. Keir Starmer kisses his wife Victoria. Photo: Kin Cheung / AP Farage elected to Parliament The polling station closed at 11pm Norwegian time on Thursday evening. A party that has made a particularly good choice is the liberal Liberal Democrats. They have so far received 59 mandates, an increase of 52 since 2019. Counted mandates The number indicates how many mandates the party has received after the counting, while the number in brackets shows how many mandates the party has lost or won compared to the previous election in 2019. Labour: 389 seats (+190) The Conservatives: 97 seats (-216) The Liberal Democrats: 59 seats (+52) The Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP): 7 seats (-38) Sinn Fein: 7 seats (0) Independents: 5 seats ( +5) Reform UK: 4 seats (+4) Democratic Unionist Party (DUP): 4 (-2) Welsh Plaid Cymru: 4 seats (+2) Greens: 2 seats (+2) Social Democrats and Labor Party (SDLP) : 2 (0) Alliance party: 1 seat (+1) Source: BBC Last updated at: 07:00 The Scottish Nationalist Party, which works for Scottish independence, has for its part made a bad choice. Previously, they only got 7 seats, down from 38. And for the first time, Reform UK leader and Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage has been elected to Parliament – on the eighth attempt. The party had by 7 o’clock received 4 mandates. – The rebellion against the establishment is underway, says Farage in a video on X. For the first time, Brexit general Nigel Farage gets a seat in Parliament. Photo: Jordan Pettitt / AP/NTB On Thursday, several million Britons had the opportunity to vote for who they want to be their country’s new prime minister. But a preliminary poll may indicate that turnout is heading towards the lowest in election history in the post-war period, according to opinion polling expert and professor Sir John Curtice, writes the BBC. Incumbent Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murty cast their votes in Northallerton. Photo: Temilade Adelaja / Reuters – The biggest election in a generation news was present at the vigil in London on Thursday evening. The organizer, Ed Saper, said that the election will be “the biggest election in a generation”. – My children are 11 years old. They have never known anything other than a Tory government. So for them the change will be as big as in 1997 when Labor last had power. Saper is a member of not one, not two, but four political parties. When asked why, he replies: – If you are a member, you are involved. Photo: Håvard Blekastad Almås / news Another participant in the vigil says he is “surprised” after seeing the preliminary results. – I knew Keir when he was a teenager in Aust-Surrey, says the man, who says they were in Labour’s local team together at the time. – He is an extremely good man. He has always worked very hard to be on the same side as the people who need help the most. – I don’t trust any of them A voter whom news met at one of the premises in London on Thursday brought his dog with him. A great many Brits have done the same, as cute animals at the polls are about the only thing the press in Britain gets to cover while the voting is going on. – I think it has been a rather dirty campaign from some of the parties, said the dog owner. – There has been a desperation in the Conservative Party which has caused them to hide or bend the truth, I would say. An elderly woman who was also present said that she found this election to be “ridiculously difficult”. – I don’t trust any of them, I’m afraid, she said, and secretly kept who she voted for. – As far as I understand, politicians say what you want to hear, but do not follow through. None of them are very good, so my vote is a dissenting vote. This voter, like many others, has lost faith in all the politicians participating in the election campaign. Photo: Håvard Blekastad Almås / news Criticism of the postal service after postal voting problems Several British media have reported in recent days that the counting may be affected by major delays in postal votes. Several thousand Britons claim that they did not receive their ballots in the post before the deadline. On Thursday, The Telegraph wrote that the British post office had brought in extra staff to work on election night. Keir Starmer with his wife Victoria outside a polling station in London. Photo: Claudia Greco / Reuters The purpose should be to ensure that all postal votes are collected by 23 Norwegian time, to ensure that as many votes as possible are counted. The reason for the challenges is, among other things, that the local authorities have had too little time to process applications, and problems with the post office’s deliveries. Many people in Great Britain do not follow the news, and are rent by their politicians. Listen to the podcast from Urix: Published 04/07/2024, at 23.01 Updated 05.07.2024, at 07.05
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