REFLECTIONS | After Starmer: Will UK Go From Frying Pan Into Fire? | Sunanda K. Datta-Ray
Published on: May 19, 2026, 10:43 p.m. | Source: Deccan Chronicle
All this is a major setback for Sir Keir’s centre-left Labour Party which swept the polls in the 2024 general election by winning a landslide victory that secured at least 410 seats and ended 14 years of Conservative rule. The decisive win gave Labour a substantial majority in the 650-seat House of Commons, which makes it seem all the more strange that the surge of goodwill evaporated so quickly
