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Labour wins historic UK election victory

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer. Photo: Alishia Abodunde/Getty Images

Landslide defeat for UK’s ruling party brings hope of stability, but also prospect of systemic change.

As dawn broke in the UK on the morning of July 5, Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer spoke at a victory rally of “the sunlight of hope, pale at first, but getting stronger by the day.” At 4:54am, his party had secured the 326 seats needed to form a

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