As UK’s Labour wins big, its manifesto seeks closer ties with India in trade, security and more
The party’s manifesto says it will create a ‘new strategic partnership’ with New Delhi.
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British voters on Thursday delivered a bloody nose to the UK’s first Indian-origin prime minister Rishi Sunak as they ousted his Conservative government and handed the centre-left Labour Party a massive mandate. Early results suggest Labour will take around 410 seats in the 650-seat House of Commons. They are likely to have a majority of 170 seats.
The keys to No10 Downing Street will soon belong to Labour leader Kier Starmer, who will be the country’s new prime minister in a result that was widely predicted by a daily deluge of opinion polls. When the date of the election was announced six weeks ago, the Labour lead over the Conservatives, also known as the Tories, was 20 points. That gap never narrowed.
Built on a slogan of “Change”, the Labour campaign was largely pitched as a repudiation of the Conservatives’ record of 14 years in government – a period mired in scandals and the disastrous leadership of Sunak’s predecessor Liz Truss who lasted just 49 days in the job. She, and former International Trade Secretary Liam Fox, were among several high-profile Tories, so-called big beasts, who lost their seats.
Ming vase strategy
It’s unclear what to expect from the new government since the Labour campaign – described by...
