Britain Moves “Left”: Media Highlights Labour’s Election Victory

While the far right began to tighten its grip in Europe, the parliamentary majority in the United Kingdom moved towards the Labour Party (centre-left), as was expected according to the opinion polls published before the elections.

Western media highlighted the victory, which Labour leader Keir Starmer said showed voters were ready to “end the politics of show.”

• CNN:
  The British election results came following the European elections in June saw a historic number of far-right lawmakers elected to the European Parliament.
  But in Britain, the general election opened the doors of Downing Street to Starmer, who will assume the position of prime minister following only nine years in politics and four years as leader of the Labour Party.
• POLITICO website:
  The victorious British Labour Party returns to power in Britain following its historic landslide election victory over the ruling Conservative Party.
  The scale of Labour’s victory makes Starmer the most powerful UK leader since Blair, with full command of parliament and a second term in five years.
• Washington Post:
  This victory says a lot regarding the next British Prime Minister, Keir Starmer. After reviewing several possible slogans for his Labour Party, Starmer summed it up in one word: “Change.”
  Starmer will remain steadfast with NATO and continue to supply arms to Ukraine, and on the Gaza issue, he is likely to be more active in calling for a peaceful settlement and agreement between the two sides of the conflict.
• Wall Street Journal:
  The British election is the latest example of growing voter frustration amid the fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic and the conflict in Ukraine.
• Axios website:
  Starmer, a former attorney general and human rights lawyer, pulled the party back to the centre following replacing left-winger Jeremy Corbyn as leader in 2020.
  His critics say he lacks vision and charisma. His supporters say his calm, pragmatic style is just what the country needs following the long political circus under Boris Johnson and his successors.
  The combined shocks of the pandemic and Brexit have battered the economy and devastated public finances. Whatever their platforms, neither party will have much money to spend.

Source: RT