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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Anealla Safdar

‘At least it’s not the Tories’: Rain, apathy and surprises after UK vote

Rain poured down across England as Britons woke up to news of a new government led by Labour's Keir Starmer, including in Wimbledon, where a tennis Grand Slam is being held [Isabel Infantes/Reuters]

“At least it’s not the Tories,” my neighbour says as she shields herself from the rain with an umbrella.

That’s the feeling among many in the United Kingdom on Friday after the Labour Party’s landslide election win, or perhaps more accurately the Conservatives’ landslide loss.

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