Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 06:55am on 05 Jul 2024,Friday UK Elections 2024
UK Former Prime Minister Liz Truss and senior Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg are among over 40 Tory ministers defeated as Labour sweeps to a historic win. Truss lost South West Norfolk by 630 votes, overturning a massive majority. Rees-Mogg accepted responsibility for the party's "very bad night." The Conservatives face significant losses across southern England to the Liberal Democrats, who secure their best result in a century. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, re-elected in Richmond and Northallerton, acknowledged the "sobering verdict." Labour's Keir Starmer hails the outcome as a mandate for change.
