Keir Starmer will be the next Prime Minister if the results are confirmed.
British Labor Party on track to win 410 of the 650 seats of the House of Commons, what it would mean for the formation of the left one of the largest majorities in its historyaccording to an exit poll prepared by Ipsos.
The result, if confirmed, represents a crushing defeat for the conservatives who have led the country since 2010, under five different leaders.
If confirmed, the result would mean that Keir Starmer, the former prosecutor who replaced Jeremy Corbyn as Labor leader in 2020, He will become prime minister this Friday.
This is bad news for the current prime minister, the conservative Rishi Sunak, who could be forced to resign as leader of a party that has perhaps endured the worst electoral result in its history.
Political turmoil
The defeat would end five tumultuous years in British politics.
The pandemic, the ukrainian warhigh inflation and no less than three Conservative prime ministers, two of whom They resigned amid major scandals.
The most short-lived of them, Liz Truss, only lasted 49 days in office (less than lettuce), after his tax cuts without financing will cause a convulsion in the financial markets.
Boris Johnson, who won the last elections in December 2019 with a healthy majority of 80 seats, was expelled after it was revealed that had broken their own laws on COVID-19 restrictions, by hosting parties in the Downing Street offices.
The surveys had been predicting a Labor victory since the elections were called in Mayif not before, but the magnitude of the crash was unknown.
If exit predictions that the Conservatives would win just 131 seats come true, It would be their worst result since at least 1918when the dominance of the two modern parties began.
The results for each constituency will be announced on Friday, which will determine the fate of each deputy.
According to some polls, even people like Sunak and Truss they risk losing their seatsdespite obtaining solid majorities in 2019.
What does Labor’s victory mean?
Starmer’s victory means that You will be asked to form a government and appoint ministers. His significant majority in the House of Commons also means he will be able to push through legislation, which requires a simple majority.
The Lower House of Westminster has more powers than the House of Lords, which is composed mostly by life members whose amendments can be overridden.
The change of government It will not mean a 180 degree turn on Brexitsince the new prime minister does not seem willing to repeat the political wars over Europe that dominated the last decade.
Starmer is familiar with the issue, having been shadow Brexit minister under Corbyn, but has ruled out returning to the single market and the EU customs union, or reintroducing the free movement of people.
Some analysts remain hopeful that the new government will provide more stability or warmer relations with the EU in specific policy areas.
In his new role, Starmer will likely meet many of his European counterparts at the NATO summit which will be held in the United States from July 9 to 11before receiving the European Political Community (EPC) on July 18.
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A familiar face of Brexit has played a key role in these elections: Nigel Farage.
Farage He was an MEP for the eurosceptic UK Independence Party for 20 years, whose electoral success may have had a decisive impact on the decision to hold the 2016 referendum.
Exit polls predict Farage’s new reformist party will get about 13 seatswhich could make Farage a Westminster legislator for the first time after numerous failed attempts.
Even in the constituencies it did not win, the Reform Party can having subtracted votes from the conservativesmaking a bad situation worse for Sunak.
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ADVERTISINGUPDATE:This news was updated at 07:00 with the latest results available.
