You're listening to News Hour from the BBC World Service with Rebecca

Kessby in the studio in London and me James Menendez outside the

Houses of Parliament on what is a very big day for politics in the

UK. The sun has just made a rare appearance. It's been raining most of the day but

this is the sort of day that doesn't come along very often just three times in my lifetime

when power abruptly changes hands from one party to another in this case the end of 14 years of conservative rule and the start of a new

labor government under the leadership of Kiestama, the new Prime Minister and

latest occupant of Number 10 Downing Street.

Yesterday's election delivered a landslide victory for Labour and a crushing defeat for the Conservatives,

the almost complete reverse, in fact, of what happened in 2019. Here is how the night

unfolded. And as Big Ben strikes 10 the exit poll is predicting a labor landslide. We did it!

You campaigned for it, you fought for it, you voted for it, and now it has arrived.

Change begins now.

Only once in the entire post-war era has... Only what we've seen tonight

we've seen tonight from a stable majority to a stable

majority and a quite remarkable event. It's an unenthusiastic landslide. It's been achieved on a record low share of the vote, almost certainly, and on a low turnout.

This is a historic result and it is testimony to

his arm's leadership and determination to change the Labour Party

and respond to this overwhelming vote for change

that we have seen as part of this election. I will shortly be seeing his

majesty the King to offer my resignation as Prime Minister. To the country I would like to say

first and foremost I am sorry. I have given this job my all but you have sent a clear signal that the government of the

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