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Randi Weingarten 🇺🇦🇺🇸💪🏿👩‍🎓🟣
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After 14 years of failed leadership from the Conservative party, voters in the UK have chosen a different path forward, to build a future that works for all. This November, we must support President Biden & Vice President Harris and do the same. www.npr.org/2024/07/05/g-s1-8456/uk-labour-party-win-keir-starmer
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Will Jennings
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ICYMI: Our analysis for @SkyNews of the vote on July 4th. news.sky.com/story/labours-landslide-election-in-maps-and-charts-13172850
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Mitali Mukherjee
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"Their son wore his Arsenal shirt and their daughter, who has told him she has no intention of moving to Downing Street, gave everyone an excuse to laugh for a moment by letting out a long “Ewww” when her dad’s face appeared on the screen." #StarmerIsPM www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/07/election-starmers-pm-biographer-4-july-starmer-family?CMP=share_btn_url
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Tim Bale
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If someone wins because they game the existing system, well...them's the rules. Unless you want to change those rules, you can't really complain. www.spectator.co.uk/article/labours-potemkin-landslide/
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Who is England's new prime minister?

Sir Keir Starmer is now the nation's prime minister. Many notable Tories lost their election, including former Prime Minister Liz Truss, leader of the House Penny Mordaunt, who was viewed as a successor to Sunak, and Jacob Rees-Moggs, a conservative firebrand.
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Labour leader Keir Starmer officially became prime minister of the United Kingdom on Friday after his party won a landslide victory in a national election.
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