After the ‘revenge’ election, what’s politics going to be like now?
This Is Why
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4.0 • 552 Ratings
🗓️ 5 July 2024
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
There is also now a record number of women MPs, and first time MPs, many of them much younger than the MPs they are replacing.
Niall Paterson talks to Sky’s political commentator Adam Boulton about the new-look parliament and what it means for UK politics in the coming months.
Plus, our correspondents Greg Milam and Tom Cheshire join from Leicester South and Clacton respectively, on the part Gaza played in the election and the case for reforming the electoral system.
Producer: Soila Apparicio
Editors: Wendy Parker, Paul Stanworth
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| 1:03.5 | The election is over. |
| 1:06.6 | And as I'm sure you know by now, it was a labour landslide. |
| 1:10.6 | Kyr Starmer's party have formed the new government. |
| 1:13.3 | Rishi Sunak's Conservatives have formed an orderly queue for the exit. |
| 1:17.5 | I'm Neil Patterson and on this edition of the Daily, |
| 1:21.0 | well, if you're looking for the story of the night, |
| 1:23.3 | I'm afraid you've come to the wrong place. |
| 1:25.4 | Instead, we want to examine what the next five years will be like |
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