‘People want change’: U.K. election results continue global push against incumbent governments, say politicos

Voters in the recent U.K. election overwhelmingly sought change, but the type of change desired remained fluid through the campaign, said former Canadian PMO staffer Tyler Meredith.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer won the country's general election on July 4, ushering in a Labour government for the first time in 14 years.

U.K. Labour’s rout of the Conservatives in the July 4 general election in the United Kingdom was a continued rejection of incumbency playing out around the world as fatigue from years of the pandemic and of economic hardship leads voters to seek alternatives, according to ...

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