Britain’s Labour Party leader Keir Starmer delivers a speech during a victory rally at the Tate Modern in London early on 5 July 2024. The UK’s Labour Party swept to power after winning the country’s general election, crossing the 326-seat threshold for a working majority in the House of Commons. (Justin Tallis/AFP)
As predicted, the United Kingdom’s Labour Party on Friday toppled the long-ruling Conservatives in a historic rout, nearly doubling its seats in Parliament for a majority of well over 60%.
“We did it!” the then incoming Prime Minister Keir Starmer told a jubilant crowd, and there was no disputing that.
But in South African and absolute terms, Labour did a whole lot worse than the ANC, with a 33.7% share of the vote, way less than the 40.2% the ANC claimed, with counting in two seats (worth some 0.3% of the election) outstanding going into Friday afternoon.
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