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Events on Thursday 4 July 2024 2
2024Labour wins a landslide in the United KingdomKeir Starmer becomes prime minister after fourteen years of Conservative ruleThe Labour Party won a landslide in the United Kingdom general election on 4 July 2024, ending fourteen years of Conservative government. Keir Starmer became prime minister the following day.
2024SDP candidate -- Middlesbrough South and East ClevelandIn the 2024 general election Liddle stands as the SDP candidate for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland. He wins 1,835 votes and finishes fourth. The seat -- held by the Conservatives -- is won by Labour. It is a quixotic gesture entirely in character: a polemicist testing his arguments against the electorate, in the part of England he has made his home, under the banner of a party most voters have never heard of.