Bonus: The Global Story - Keir Starmer: Who is the UK's new prime minister

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🗓️ 5 July 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

In a bonus episode of The Global Story podcast - A historic loss for the conservatives ushers in a new era in British politics.

The Global Story brings you one big story every weekday, making sense of the news with our experts around the world. Insights you can trust, from the BBC World Service. For more, go to bbcworldservice.com/globalstory or search for The Global Story wherever you get your BBC podcasts.

On Thursday, voters in the UK delivered a decisive political verdict. Keir Starmer became the new Prime Minister, as the Labour party won a landslide victory. The Conservatives, who have run Britain for 14 years, suffered the worst election defeat in their long history. So, who is Keir Starmer? And can his party deliver the change the people voted for?

Lucy Hockings speaks to Rob Watson - the BBC World Service's UK Political Correspondent. He explains how the Labour majority will command a huge majority in the House of Commons, but not necessarily the same level of support among the public.

This episode was made by Richard Moran, Alix Pickles, Peter Goffin and Eleanor Sly. The technical producers were Ricardo McCarthy. The assistant editor is Sergi Forcada Freixas and the senior news editor is Sam Bonham.

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0:00.0	From the BBC World Service, welcome to the documentary,
0:03.4	the home of original storytelling.
0:05.7	I'm Lucy Hawkins here with a bonus episode of The Global Story,
0:09.5	looking at one big story in detail every weekday.
0:13.2	Today, a historic election result and a new era in British politics.
0:20.6	On Thursday, voters in the UK did politics.
0:22.8	On Thursday, voters in the UK delivered a decisive political verdict.
0:27.4	Blimey.
0:28.0	Extraordinary.
0:29.1	Gobsmacked.
0:30.0	The Labour Party won a landslide victory. Kiestama has become Prime Minister with the biggest majority this century.
0:37.0	We did it!
0:39.0	The Conservatives who have run Britain for 14 years suffered the worst election defeat in their long history.
0:46.0	The British people have delivered a sobering verdict tonight and I take responsibility for the loss.
0:51.0	So what's behind this political earthquake in the UK?
0:55.0	Who's the new man in charge?
0:57.0	And can he bring the change so many people voted for? for.
1:05.0	So to help me unpack a dramatic night in British politics, I'm joined by our correspondent Rob Watson who covers exactly that patch for the BBC World Service.
1:13.9	Rob I did think of you when I totaled off to bed in the middle of the night for a few hours
1:18.2	sleep. I'm almost sort of scared to ask actually have you had any sleep. How long
1:21.6	have you been up for? I have not had any sleep how long have you been up for I have not had any
1:24.4	sleep Lucy it was very kind of you to think about think about me I have to say
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