The Conservative Party’s 14-year rule in Britain has come to a dramatic end. The people of Britain pulled this party down from power, which has failed on many fronts such as failure to solve many complex problems in the country, continuous change of leadership, differences within the party, party split. At the same time, the Labor Party, which promised to bring about change without a hung House, was given an opportunity by giving a clear majority. A review of the reasons, consequences of this result…
Worst result ever…
The Hujur Party, which has registered many undesirable records in the last five years, has also recorded its worst ever defeat in the elections. Labor has established its undisputed dominance in the 650-member House of Commons by winning more than 400 seats. It has been confirmed that Rishi Sunak of Indian origin will be forced to retire from Ten, Downing Street, the Prime Minister’s official residence, and that Labor Party leader Sir Keir Starmer will be Britain’s next Prime Minister. Although the Hujur party’s performance was not as bad as predicted by some post-poll tests, the party lost 218 members to record its biggest ever defeat. Although Starmer ended Hujur’s 14-year rule, he narrowly missed out on breaking the record (418 seats) held by his party’s leader, Tony Blair, in 1997.
What is the reaction of Starmer, Sunak?
The reactions of past and future Prime Ministers of Britain after passing the 326 required to form a government are telling enough. Sunak conceded defeat and congratulated Labor and Starmer. As he has also said that he is accepting the responsibility of this defeat, it is predicted that he will also leave the post of leader of the Hujur party in the near future. Sunak also announced that he had telephoned Starmer to congratulate him. Within minutes of the Prime Minister’s reaction, Starmer expressed his feelings to supporters and the media. “We did it. “This moment in Britain is beginning to change,” he said.
A clear majority, but 3 Prime Ministers in 5 years!
The most important reason was that the party was hit by the anti-establishment wave. But this is not the only reason. During the 14-year rule, especially in the last five years, the government’s performance remained at the heart of Tika. The performance of Hujur leaders on many fronts such as setbacks on the economic front, issues of housing, unemployment, inflation, issues of immigrants remained poor. The party has given 3 leaders and alternately three Prime Ministers during the five year tenure. He was forced to step down after winning a third term under Boris Johnson. Liz Truss was the shortest-serving prime minister, and then Sunak took charge of the country. In a sense, despite the majority, a picture of leadership instability emerged in the last five years. In this politics of Dharsodi factions in the Hujur party came to the fore. In the previous tenure, there was a picture of a referendum for ‘Brexit’, followed by a change of leadership, a split in the party. But Johnson saved the party then. But Sunak’s gamble by announcing early elections failed. The far-right ‘Reform UK’ party, founded by Nigel Farage in 2018, also gave a shock to the Huzur party in this election.
How did the smaller parties fare?
The ‘Reform’ party could not win a single seat in the 2019 elections. This time, however, at least four members of the party will appear in the House of Commons. At the same time, party leaders say that their candidate is second in many seats. If this claim is true, the votes eaten by ‘Reform’ may be behind such a heavy defeat of Hujur Party. This is an indication that right-wing ideology is taking root in Britain as well as in other European countries. The ‘Liberal Democrats’ will be the third largest party in the House after Labor and Huzur parties. 52 members of the party have been elected and there has been an increase of 45 compared to 2019. At the same time, the ‘Scottish National Party’, which insists on the independence of Scotland, has taken a big step back. Their strength has dropped from 44 to seven.
What are the challenges for Starmer?
The biggest challenge for a Labor government will of course be maintaining the economic front… Starmer will have to prioritize tackling inflation, rising house prices, unemployment. For this reason, the possibility of tax increase in Britain in the future cannot be ruled out. The stance of the Labor Party was anti-Brexit. Although a return to the European Union may not be possible now, efforts to strengthen ties can be made. Priority should also be given to solving the problems of migrants. Starmer claims that Labor has changed since he got the leadership. With an absolute majority in the House of Commons, they have ample opportunity to prove it.
