Former Conservative prime minister Liz Truss has lost her South West Norfolk seat to Labour following a humiliating defeat in the 2024 general election. Truss, whose time as serving prime minister was memorably outlived by a wilting lettuce, lost to Labour’s Terry Jeremy by around 600 votes. She didn’t give a speech following the outcome. […]
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Alba leader Alex Salmond has blamed the Scottish National Party (SNP)’s poor performance in the general election on the party’s “obsession” with “divisive” self-identification for trans people. The Labour Party won a majority in the 2024 general election, in a night that saw huge losses for not only Britain’s Conservatives but also the pro-independence SNP. […]
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Conservative Jacob Rees-Mogg has lost his seat amid Labour securing a majority in the 2024 general election. At just before 5am on Friday (5 July), the Labour Party hit 326 seats out of 650, officially handing them a majority in the next parliament. Rees-Mogg, who last year claimed that “you can’t offend the dead”, during […]
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Anti-trans campaigner Posie Parker has lost her deposit after receiving a dismal number of votes for the Party of Women in the general election. Parker, whose real name is Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull, is one of the UK’s most recognisable anti-trans campaigners and leader of the Party of Women, a gender-critical single-issue party dedicated to opposing so-called ‘transgender ideology’. […]
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The Labour Party have wiped out the Conservatives to gain a majority in the 2024 general election. Keir Starmer’s party hit 326 seats out of 650 – the magic number needed for a majority – at just before 5am. After the polls closed at 10pm, the exit poll predicted a Labour victory with 410 seats […]
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