How will Keir Starmer change the UK?
After a decade and a half in the wilderness, the UK Labour Party will be itching to reset the country’s political compass. And with a big election win, its leader will claim a mandate to do so.
Jul 4, 2024 – 6.20am
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On Friday morning (late Friday afternoon AEST), a sleep-deprived Labour leader Keir Starmer, having likely won the election, will hold an audience with the King at Buckingham Palace to receive his commission as prime minister. He will then head to Downing Street. where a throng of public servants gather to clap their new boss through No.10’s black door.
He will likely stop outside and address the nation, via the bristling arsenal of assembled TV cameras, using the moment to set the tenor for his government. After all, it will be Britain’s first major change of ideological direction since 2010, when Starmer was not even yet an MP.
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Hans van LeeuwenEurope correspondentHans van Leeuwen covers British and European politics, economics and business from London. He has worked as a reporter, editor and policy adviser in Sydney, Canberra, Hanoi and London. Connect with Hans on Twitter. Email Hans at [email protected]
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