A landslide for Labour in the U.K. election
Marketplace All-in-One
Marketplace
4.5 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 5 July 2024
⏱️ 9 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
From the BBC World Service: The Labour Party, led by Sir Keir Starmer, won a sweeping victory in the U.K.’s general election held Thursday. We’ll hear from voters about what they hope for in the new government and interrogate just how much change the new administration can realistically deliver. Plus, French voters are also going to the polls on Sunday, and the cost of living is weighing heavy on voters’ minds.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | An historic night for British politics as the Labour Party wins a general election |
| 0:07.7 | landslide. |
| 0:08.7 | Live from the UK, this is the Marketplace Morning Report from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:13.4 | I'm Felicity Hannah in Folliana Byrne. |
| 0:15.8 | Good morning. |
| 0:17.0 | I'm in Leddenhall Market at the heart of London's financial district as the UK prepares |
| 0:22.0 | for a new government. |
| 0:23.0 | Labour leader Sir Kistama will become the next Prime Minister. |
| 0:27.0 | His centre-left party has won a huge majority after 14 years in opposition. |
| 0:32.0 | The sunlight of hope pale at first |
| 0:36.1 | were getting stronger through the day, |
| 0:38.7 | shining once again on a country |
| 0:42.1 | with the opportunity after 14 years to get its future back. |
| 0:48.0 | A big achievement for labor winning about two-thirds of the seats in the vote, but it was a dark |
| 0:58.1 | night for the right-wing Conservative Party, which has been in power since 2010. Its support has plummeted. |
| 1:04.4 | Former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says he takes responsibility for the results. |
| 1:09.2 | The Labour Party has won this general election and I have called |
| 1:13.4 | Zakir stama to congratulate him on his victory. Today power will change hands in a |
| 1:18.9 | peaceful and orderly manner with goodwill on all sides. That is something that should give us all confidence in |
| 1:25.6 | our country's stability and future. But a lot of people stayed home and didn't vote. |
| 1:32.4 | Turnout was less than 60% But a lot of people stayed home and didn't vote. |
| 1:32.8 | Turnout was less than 60%. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Marketplace, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Marketplace and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.