The Daily T: How Labour won a landslide

Kamal Ahmed

5 July 2024 at 2:00 am·1-min read

Just waking up? We’ve got you. Sir Keir Starmer has delivered a landslide Labour victory. The Conservatives have been decimated. And Nigel Farage has finally been elected an MP.

Kamal Ahmed is joined in the studio by political editor Ben Riley-Smith to discuss one of the most seismic elections in recent years.

Plus, all the highlights of the night, from Grant Shapps blaming Tory in-fighting for their losses to Jeremy Corbyn holding on to his seat as an independent.

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