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PBS News Hour - Segments

The challenges Keir Starmer faces as the new U.K. prime minister

PBS News Hour - Segments

PBS NewsHour

News, Daily News

4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

After winning a huge majority in Britain's general election, Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he'll start working immediately on rebuilding the country. He promised a big reset to calmer waters after 14 sometimes turbulent years of Conservative government. The Conservatives are looking for a new leader after Rishi Sunak resigned. Special correspondent Malcolm Brabant reports from London. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

After winning a huge majority in Britain's general election, new Labour Prime Minister

0:05.6

Kere Starmer says he'll start working immediately on rebuilding the country.

0:10.3

He promised what he called a big reset after 14,

0:13.7

sometimes turbulent years of conservative government.

0:16.8

The defeated conservatives are looking for a new leader

0:19.6

after Rishisunak resigned as he left office.

0:22.7

Special correspondent Malcolm Brabant reports from London.

0:28.5

Seconds after voting ended,

0:30.3

exit polls confirmed that Sakeer-Starma had led the Labour Party to one of its

0:35.0

greatest ever parliamentary victories and that he was heading to 10 Downing Street.

0:39.7

People here and around the country have spoken and they're ready for change to end the politics of performance

0:48.1

a return to politics as public service.

0:51.9

This was the worst election result in the Conservative Party's history.

0:56.2

Rishisunak, Britain's first Prime Minister of Color, managed to hang on to his district

1:00.9

in Northern England, while many of his colleagues were wiped out.

1:05.0

After 14 years of conservatism ended with most people being poorer, voters took their revenge.

1:11.6

But Sunak was dignified in defeat. To the country I would like to say first

1:15.8

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

1:26.0

must change. Despite the size of Labour's majority, this is being described as a

1:30.5

loveless landslide. 40% of the electorate abstained,

1:34.0

and Labour only managed to obtain a third of the total vote.

1:38.0

Most experts agree that Britain wanted to teach the Conservatives a lesson,

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