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<v Speaker 1>Already and this is the Daily OS.

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<v Speaker 2>This is the Daily OS.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh now it makes sense.

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<v Speaker 2>Good morning and welcome to the Daily OS. It's Monday,

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<v Speaker 2>the eighth of July.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm zara, i'm emma.

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<v Speaker 2>Fourteen years of Conservative government in the UK has come

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<v Speaker 2>to an end.

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<v Speaker 3>And as Big Band strikes tenth, the exit poll is

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<v Speaker 3>protecting a Labor landslide. Labor will form government in the

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<v Speaker 3>UK after an election result that's been described as a

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<v Speaker 3>landslide victory.

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<v Speaker 1>It comes after one of the most tumultuous periods in

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<v Speaker 1>recent British history.

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<v Speaker 3>We're talking about an era that saw five Conservative prime ministers,

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<v Speaker 3>Britain's departure from the European Union, a global pandemic and

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<v Speaker 3>the death of Queen Elizabeth, among other things. We will

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<v Speaker 3>take you through the results and tell you everything you

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<v Speaker 3>need to know about Britain's new Prime Minister, Kirs Starmer

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<v Speaker 3>in today's deep dive at First Zara.

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<v Speaker 1>What's making headlines.

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<v Speaker 2>Three children have died in a house fire in Sydney's

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<v Speaker 2>West that is now being treated as a domestic related

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<v Speaker 2>multiple homicide. A twenty eight year old man has been

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<v Speaker 2>arrested after police say quote direct actions were taken that

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<v Speaker 2>were intentional of keeping police, other first responders and neighbors

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<v Speaker 2>out of the property while it was on fire. The

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<v Speaker 2>three children were aged between ten months and four years old.

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<v Speaker 2>Four other children were taken to hospital in a stable condition.

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<v Speaker 2>Always remember help is available on one eight hundred seven

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<v Speaker 2>three seven seven three to two.

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<v Speaker 1>Community based preschool staff in New South Wales have launched

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<v Speaker 1>fair Work action amid calls for a twenty five percent

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<v Speaker 1>pay rise. The Independent Education Union says experienced preschool teachers

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<v Speaker 1>in the state earn around ninety thousand dollars a year,

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<v Speaker 1>compared to experienced teachers in public schools, who earn around

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<v Speaker 1>one hundred and twenty two thousand dollars. The union filed

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<v Speaker 1>an application for an early educator pay rise with the

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<v Speaker 1>Fair Work Commission last week. Its New South Wales branch

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<v Speaker 1>secretary is urging the state government to quote step up

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<v Speaker 1>and address the staff shortages caused by inadequate pay.

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<v Speaker 2>Mustard Possession has been elected as Iran's next president. It

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<v Speaker 2>comes after the country's previous president was killed in a

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<v Speaker 2>helicopter crash earlier this year. After winning, Possession, who is

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<v Speaker 2>described as a centrist politician in the country and was

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<v Speaker 2>previously a heart surgeon, said and I quote, I am

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<v Speaker 2>the servant of the people of Iran. We will serve you,

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<v Speaker 2>dear people of our country.

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<v Speaker 1>And today's good news.

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<v Speaker 3>A clinical trial in South Africa and Uganda has proven

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<v Speaker 3>to be one hundred percent effective in preventing HIV in women.

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<v Speaker 3>A new pre exposure drug was administered twice in one

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<v Speaker 3>year to a group of five thousand women. Women are

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<v Speaker 3>disproportionately affected by HIV in Sub Saharan Africa, according to

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<v Speaker 3>the United Nations. Researchers say they hope the treatment will

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<v Speaker 3>address the stigma and discrimination that's prevented the uptake of

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<v Speaker 3>preventative medication in some communities. The injection was also shown

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<v Speaker 3>to be more effective than daily HIV prevention pills.

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<v Speaker 2>So m. The US election and the showdown between Trump

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<v Speaker 2>and Biden has absolutely dominated headlines, not just this week

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<v Speaker 2>but for the entire year. But as we know, twenty

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<v Speaker 2>twenty four is shaping up to be a huge year

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<v Speaker 2>of elections, not just in the US but all around

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<v Speaker 2>the globe. As we talk this morning, polls in France

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<v Speaker 2>are still being counted after a snap election there.

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<v Speaker 1>Right, that's right, it's a very crowded field this year.

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<v Speaker 2>It is fighting for attention here.

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<v Speaker 3>Fighting for attention, but the UK is center of attention

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<v Speaker 3>today in the spotlight. We saw some pretty significant results

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<v Speaker 3>come out of their general election last week, and the

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<v Speaker 3>biggest headline is, of course, that Britain has a new

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<v Speaker 3>prime minister, Keirs Starmer, the Labor leader now the Prime Minister.

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<v Speaker 3>And the other massive headline is that the Conservatives, who

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<v Speaker 3>had been in government for fourteen years, suffered a massive defeat.

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<v Speaker 3>And when I say massive, I mean their worst ever.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, so pretty dramatic scenes there, an ominous sounding voice,

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<v Speaker 2>and I want to take why don't we start with

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<v Speaker 2>that second part with what has happened here with the Conservatives,

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<v Speaker 2>because I think that that's necessary context to then understand

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<v Speaker 2>Labour's win. So tell me a bit about the Conservative

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<v Speaker 2>government that had ruled for so long in the UK.

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<v Speaker 3>So, in short, the Conservatives, who were better known as

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<v Speaker 3>the Tories, have been in power since twenty ten. That's

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<v Speaker 3>when David Cameron became Prime Minister and he went on

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<v Speaker 3>to be re elected for a second term. He was

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<v Speaker 3>seen at the time as this fresh face for the

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<v Speaker 3>Tory party, younger, more dynamic than their previous leaders, so

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<v Speaker 3>he was well liked for a time.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, he was quite a popular leader. So what happened

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<v Speaker 2>from there?

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<v Speaker 3>So the cracks for the Conservative government now the outgoing

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<v Speaker 3>Conservative government really began to show. At the same time

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<v Speaker 3>that calls for Britain to leave the European Union really

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<v Speaker 3>began gaining momentum. So those calls of course came to

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<v Speaker 3>a head with the Brexit referendum. But David Cameron was

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<v Speaker 3>really strongly against leaving the EU, so when the UK

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<v Speaker 3>voted in favor of Brexit, he ended up standing down

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<v Speaker 3>as PM.

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<v Speaker 1>The British people have made a very clear decision to

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<v Speaker 1>take a different path and as such, I think the

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<v Speaker 1>country requires fresh leadership to take it in this direction.

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<v Speaker 1>Then we had to raise a May.

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<v Speaker 2>What's the naughtiest thing you ever did?

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<v Speaker 3>I have to confess when me and my friends sort

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<v Speaker 3>of used to run through the fields of wheat.

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<v Speaker 1>The farmers weren't too pleased about that.

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<v Speaker 3>So May's biggest challenge as leader was actually implementing Brexit.

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<v Speaker 3>So the UK said we want to leave, the government

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<v Speaker 3>had to figure out how that would be achieved. Theresa

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<v Speaker 3>May then spent a fairly chaotic three years trying to

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<v Speaker 3>negotiate a deal to leave the EU, and ultimately it

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<v Speaker 3>was the resistance that she faced within her own party

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<v Speaker 3>across the board in Parliament trying to get Brexit over

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<v Speaker 3>the line that saw her resign as leader in twenty nineteen.

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<v Speaker 2>So Brexit was twenty sixteen. That takes us to twenty nineteen,

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<v Speaker 2>and then after Theresa May, we get Boris Johnson right.

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<v Speaker 1>That is right, we sure do. Bojo the man.

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<v Speaker 2>Himself yesterday I went to Pepper Pig World, Pards, He's

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<v Speaker 2>been to Pepper big World.

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<v Speaker 3>So Johnson campaigned on a promise to quote, get Brexit done.

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<v Speaker 3>You probably would have heard lots of news grabs around

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<v Speaker 3>that time. Let's get Brexit done. And within months of

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<v Speaker 3>his prime ministership he followed through.

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<v Speaker 1>The UK did leave the EU.

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<v Speaker 3>But it wasn't smooth sailing for the Tories from there

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<v Speaker 3>because of course we ran into COVID nineteen and consequently

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<v Speaker 3>another Conservative prime ministership was claimed thanks to a scandal

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<v Speaker 3>known as party Gate.

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<v Speaker 2>Now what is party gate?

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<v Speaker 3>Party Gate was not as fun as it sounds. Boris

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<v Speaker 3>Johnson as Prime Minister was found to have held parties

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<v Speaker 3>with senior ministers at his residence Number ten, Downing Street

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<v Speaker 3>during lockdowns, so the party was in breach of lockdown restrictions.

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<v Speaker 3>It also came at a really high pressure time for

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<v Speaker 3>the British people. It was around Christmas. The UK health

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<v Speaker 3>system was at breaking point. They were in the thick

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<v Speaker 3>of these really high numbers of deaths from COVID nineteen.

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<v Speaker 3>It was not a good look at the time.

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<v Speaker 2>It wasn't And there's very stark, you know, news grabs

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<v Speaker 2>and imagery of Boris Johnson, you know, looking sternly down

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<v Speaker 2>the camera telling people they cannot leave their homes. And

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<v Speaker 2>yet he was hosting these parties, as we now know.

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<v Speaker 2>So just to recap, because we've met a few characters

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<v Speaker 2>so far on this little journey. So we've had David Cameron,

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<v Speaker 2>we've had Theresa May, we've had Boris Johnson, all prime

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<v Speaker 2>ministers from the same party from the Tories. But Rishi

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<v Speaker 2>Sunak wasn't the next one. There was one more prime

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<v Speaker 2>minister in between, another one another one.

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<v Speaker 3>Almost at Sunak on this narrative, but not quite because

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<v Speaker 3>while you'd be forgiven for forgetting there was a Prime

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<v Speaker 3>minister named Liz Truss.

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<v Speaker 2>I am a fighter and not a.

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<v Speaker 3>The shortest serving prime minister in UK history. So Liz

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<v Speaker 3>Truss tried to pass this ambitious plan to cut taxes.

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<v Speaker 3>She didn't provide specifics about how the government would pay

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<v Speaker 3>for those tax cuts, which led to an economic crisis

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<v Speaker 3>in the UK shortly followed by Liz Truss's resignation.

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<v Speaker 2>It was an extremely short time someone had a let

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<v Speaker 2>us there to symbolize her prime ministership, to see which.

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<v Speaker 1>Would wilt quit the live countdown.

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<v Speaker 2>The live countdown, she only lasted forty five days.

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<v Speaker 3>Forty five days YEAP, during which time the Queen died

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<v Speaker 3>and actually Zara Liz Trust ended up losing her seat

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<v Speaker 3>in this election, so that kind of spells an end

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<v Speaker 3>for her political career, at least for now. She lost

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<v Speaker 3>that seat very narrowly by about six hundred votes to

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<v Speaker 3>a labor candidate, so it'll be interesting to see what

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<v Speaker 3>she does next.

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<v Speaker 2>So a fairly consequential time yeh UK history. But yet

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<v Speaker 2>she resigned, she stepped aside and then came Rishi Sooner.

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<v Speaker 3>Then came Rishi Sunac. So Rishi Sunac forty four year

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<v Speaker 3>old former investment banker. He became the first non white

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<v Speaker 3>British PM, the fifth Conservative PM in that government since twenty.

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<v Speaker 2>Ten, and what was the vibe when he assumed that

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<v Speaker 2>Prime ministership.

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<v Speaker 3>So clearly he inherited a government that, to put it lightly,

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<v Speaker 3>had a fair bit going on. The Twries were hit

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<v Speaker 3>really hard by that party gate scandal. As I mentioned,

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<v Speaker 3>it came at that time when Britain was struggling and

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<v Speaker 3>voters really turned against the government from that point, obviously

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<v Speaker 3>other frustrations in the lead up, a lot of frustration

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<v Speaker 3>around how Brexit was handled. The Tories from that point

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<v Speaker 3>lost almost every opinion poll to Labor from December twenty

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<v Speaker 3>twenty one. So when Johnson was found to have held

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<v Speaker 3>those COVID nineteen lockdown parties, that's the point at which

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<v Speaker 3>Conservative opinion polls really really suffered. The leadership of Liz

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<v Speaker 3>Trust marked another slump in the Tory's popularity. So opinion

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<v Speaker 3>polls showed that Labor was roughly thirty points ahead of

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<v Speaker 3>the Conservative government in the days before she stepped down.

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<v Speaker 2>And so it's against that backdrop that Rishi Sunac called

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<v Speaker 2>an election earlier this year. What kind of campaign did

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<v Speaker 2>he run given he was operating in this very kind

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<v Speaker 2>of low trust environment. What did that campaign look like.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, So it was always going to be an uphill

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<v Speaker 3>battle for Rishi Sunac this election.

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<v Speaker 2>Of the century.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, But then came another scandal for the Tories, if

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<v Speaker 3>you can believe it, right in the thick of when

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<v Speaker 3>Sunak would have been hoping to kind of garner a

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<v Speaker 3>bit of goodwill and positive pr for the party, but

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<v Speaker 3>this betting scandal emerged and the fallout from that is

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<v Speaker 3>still ongoing. But the BBC has reported up to fifteen

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<v Speaker 3>Tory candidates are being investigated, along with one Labor candidate,

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<v Speaker 3>and this is all about some unlawful bets that were

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<v Speaker 3>made about the date and the outcome of the election.

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<v Speaker 3>So essentially people who were not meant to be placing

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<v Speaker 3>bets on this kind of information allegedly putting money on

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<v Speaker 3>when they thought the election was going to be called.

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<v Speaker 3>London Police have also confirmed that one of Rishi Sunak's

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<v Speaker 3>bodyguards is also under investigation for being involved in this

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<v Speaker 3>alleged unlawful betting ring. But in terms of what Sunac

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<v Speaker 3>had been spooking if the Tories were re elected his

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<v Speaker 3>campaign promises, he'd promised to cut taxes, boost defence spending,

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<v Speaker 3>cut migration levels, and he also wanted to introduce mandatory

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<v Speaker 3>national service for eighteen year olds finishing school, which garnered

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<v Speaker 3>a few headlines as well, But he ended up spending

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<v Speaker 3>a lot of his campaign just trying to appeal to

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<v Speaker 3>conservative voters by warning them against giving labor too much power.

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<v Speaker 3>He really platformed his campaign on better the devil. You know,

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<v Speaker 3>I suppose or telling voters you can be mad at us,

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<v Speaker 3>but if you give all of the power to labor,

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<v Speaker 3>they'll end up with a supermajority.

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<v Speaker 1>They can pass whatever they want. Don't do that.

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<v Speaker 3>If you hand labor a blank check, you will not

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<v Speaker 3>be able to get it back.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a really interesting position to be in when all

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<v Speaker 2>the signs are pointing to a huge electoral defeat, Like

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<v Speaker 2>how do you campaign in that sort of environment? And

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<v Speaker 2>even Rishie Sunac's announcement of the election, like even that

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<v Speaker 2>he couldn't escape headlines because he did it in the

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<v Speaker 2>pouring rain around us. It really wrote itself. How did

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<v Speaker 2>voters respond to this sort of campaign?

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<v Speaker 3>So conservative or would be conservative voters didn't really buy it.

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<v Speaker 3>Looking at the election results, you know, Labor is expected

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<v Speaker 3>to win around four hundred and five seats out of

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<v Speaker 3>six hundred and fifty.

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<v Speaker 2>So just give us a sense. That's a huge win.

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<v Speaker 3>That is the biggest majority held by any party since

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<v Speaker 3>World War II in the UK.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>So meanwhile, the Conservative Party, the Tories are set to

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<v Speaker 3>win around one hundred and forty seats, contrasting Labour's victory.

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<v Speaker 3>That is the Toy's worst ever result like in its

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<v Speaker 3>two hundred year history.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, so records on both sides there. What about the

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<v Speaker 2>minor parties They've played quite a big role during this campaign.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, this has been an interesting one. So the Tories

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<v Speaker 3>weren't just hit hard by that historic swing to Labor.

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<v Speaker 3>There's a minor party on the right that really disrupted

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<v Speaker 3>Rishi Sunac's campaign. It's led by well known Brexit supporter

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<v Speaker 3>Nigel Farage. It's a party called Reform UK. Now, this

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<v Speaker 3>is a populist, anti immigration party and Farage announced plans

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<v Speaker 3>during Sunak's campaign to make a political comeback. He'd gone

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<v Speaker 3>away for a while, but now he's back and Farage

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<v Speaker 3>ultimately has this goal of making Reform UK the real

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<v Speaker 3>opposition in UK politics. I mean he's made a good

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<v Speaker 3>crack of it. It's on track to pick up its

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<v Speaker 3>first ever UK Parliament seats with wins in more than

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<v Speaker 3>a dozen seats, so we're projecting thirteen reform UK seats

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<v Speaker 3>in Parliament, and.

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<v Speaker 2>So when that's splitting the right wing vote, that's another

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<v Speaker 2>challenge for the Tories to try and overcome. So I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not sure Rishi Sunak and his party would have been

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<v Speaker 2>too stoked about that. But I want to move on

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<v Speaker 2>now to the new government and the new prime minister.

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<v Speaker 2>I think most people in Australia would struggle to pick

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<v Speaker 2>Sirkistarma even out of a liner. Yeah, he's a fairly

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<v Speaker 2>unknown name outside of the UK, So tell me what

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<v Speaker 2>we need to know about him and his new government.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, it's it's interesting. Kirs Starmer is not the eccentric

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<v Speaker 3>kind of leader that we've seen from some of the

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<v Speaker 3>conservative pms of recent times, like you're Boris Johnson's. He's

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<v Speaker 3>not a particularly stand out character, you could argue, but

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<v Speaker 3>that actually might be the key to his success. And

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<v Speaker 3>I think, you know, after so many turbulent years in

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<v Speaker 3>UK politics, that may have appealed to a lot of voters.

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<v Speaker 3>So Starmer is a lawyer and a former chief Public

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<v Speaker 3>prosecutor and yes, a sir. He was knighted for services

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<v Speaker 3>to Law in twenty fourteen. He's been a Labor MP

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<v Speaker 3>since twenty fifteen, so quite a decent chunk. But he's

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<v Speaker 3>fresh enough to kind of be seen as someone young

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<v Speaker 3>enough or interesting enough to bring something different to the party.

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<v Speaker 1>Possibly.

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<v Speaker 3>He took over leadership of the Labor Party in twenty nineteen.

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<v Speaker 3>That was when there was the last UK election when

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<v Speaker 3>Labour suffered one of its worst ever defeats.

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<v Speaker 1>Under Jeremy Corbyn. So former opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn.

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<v Speaker 2>And what do we know about his policies? What did

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<v Speaker 2>he do to the election?

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<v Speaker 3>So in the lead up to this election, Starma really

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<v Speaker 3>lent on his record of change within Labor. So since

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<v Speaker 3>taking over from Corbyn, he really lent on that. He

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<v Speaker 3>has turned Labor into a more centrist political party compared

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<v Speaker 3>to Corbyn's more left wing policies. Starma has pledged to

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<v Speaker 3>do things like cut hospital waiting times, create new border security,

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<v Speaker 3>hire six five hundred more teachers, and he wants to

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<v Speaker 3>set up a nationally owned UK energy company. This has

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<v Speaker 3>all been under the banner of change. The word change

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<v Speaker 3>has featured prominently throughout his campaign and I think that

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<v Speaker 3>messaging goes to the heart of the fact that he

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<v Speaker 3>wanted voters to feel that he was the right man

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<v Speaker 3>for the job, whether or not they are traditionally labor voters.

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<v Speaker 3>I think that he saw an opportunity to kind of

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<v Speaker 3>present himself as the positive change that the UK needed.

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<v Speaker 1>And here's a little bit of his victory speech.

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<v Speaker 2>The change begins right here because this is your democracy,

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<v Speaker 2>your community and your future. You have voted. It is

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<v Speaker 2>now time for us to deliver. And obviously Rishi Sunac

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<v Speaker 2>had to concede defeat. What did we hear from him

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<v Speaker 2>on election night?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, so in a short speech on Friday morning. This

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<v Speaker 3>was I think about five am local time, the day

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<v Speaker 3>after the election, so a huge day for everyone involved.

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<v Speaker 3>He confirmed Labour's victory. He said he had offered his

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<v Speaker 3>congratulations to Starmer over the phone. He took responsibility for

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<v Speaker 3>the loss, but I do want to mention that he

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<v Speaker 3>retained his seat. So Richie Sunac no longer Prime Minister,

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<v Speaker 3>but he's not disappearing from Parliament altogether. He will continue

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<v Speaker 3>on as a Conservative MP for at least another term.

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<v Speaker 3>He said he was looking forward to working with his community,

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<v Speaker 3>spending more time with family. He is a little bit

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<v Speaker 3>more of that speech.

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<v Speaker 2>Today, power will change hands in a peaceful and orderly manner,

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<v Speaker 2>with goodwill on all sides.

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<v Speaker 1>That is something that should give us all confidence in

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<v Speaker 1>our country's stability and future.

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<v Speaker 3>He soon I ended up submitting his resignation in person

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<v Speaker 3>to King Charles the Third on Friday, and just a

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<v Speaker 3>few hours later, Keir Starmer was officially sworn in as

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<v Speaker 3>Prime Minister. Now for the other members of the House

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<v Speaker 3>of Commons, the lower house, they will be sworn in

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<v Speaker 3>on the ninth of July, before the first official session

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<v Speaker 3>of Parliament begins with a speech by the King on

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<v Speaker 3>the seventeenth of July.

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<v Speaker 2>And thank you so much for explaining all that is

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