Elections Across the Pond

Britain’s got a new Prime Minister, innit. 

Keir Starmer‘s Labour Party heartily won the U.K.’s general election, bringing the island nation (they are islands…) its first change in government in 14 years. 

The results were the Conservative Party's biggest defeat ever and revealed a shift away from Britain’s two main political parties (Labour and Conservative), which only garnered 60% of the votes. Despite the rise of additional parties, the Labour Party won the most seats in the House of Commons, giving PM Starmer an easier legislative road to “deliver change.” 

In France, the liberal New Popular Front outperformed expectations in snap elections, keeping the conservative National Rally party from gaining control. Early predictions showed high voter turnout and no party securing a majority—which could yield a tricky governing situation for President Macron’s remaining three years.

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Verse to consider whether you find foreign politics captivating or confusing… “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding; in all your ways know him, and he will make your paths straight.”
Proverbs 3:5-6 (CSB) (read full passage)