Premier Congratulates New UK Prime Minister
Following the UK general election, Premier David Burt said has has “written to the new Prime Minister to congratulate him on his election victory and reiterated the Government of Bermuda’s commitment to building relationships with the new UK Government.”
“There will no doubt be changes in policy and personnel and I look forward to working with the new Foreign Secretary and a new Minister for the Overseas Territories,” the Premier added.
The BBC reported that ”Sir Keir Starmer is the UK’s new prime minister, after his Labour Party swept to power in a landslide general election victory. The Conservative Party suffered a dramatic collapse after a tumultuous 14 years in power, which saw five different prime ministers run the country.
“It lost 250 seats over the course of a devastating night. Rishi Sunak – the outgoing PM – accepted responsibility for the result and apologised to defeated colleagues during a brief statement outside a rainy 10 Downing Street. He said he would resign as party leader in the coming weeks.”
“Britain’s House of Commons has 650 MPs, or members of parliament. Each of their “seats” represents a constituency, or district. So far Labour has won 412 seats, while the Conservatives have slumped to just 121 and centrist Liberal Democrats have taken 71. Reform UK, a successor to the Brexit Party, is set to pick up four seats, as is the left-wing Green Party.”
“reiterated the Government of Bermuda’s commitment to building relationships with the new UK Government.”
What happened to the PLP policy of seeking to free Bermuda from the shackles of British colonialism?
Very similar result to the last election here. Landslide in the number of seats yet only around 33% of the vote. Not exactly representative of the whole population, just like the PLP in Bermuda.
For real Joe, all jokers here governing this island! They cant free anyone period