The UKs political map has been significantly redrawn.
The result has the feeling of a punishment vote as much as a ringing endorsement of Starmer.
This is a spectacular reversal of fortunes given where they came from.
Keir Starmer, Nigel Farage, Rishi SunakFinnbarr Webster/Getty Images/Leon Neal/Getty Images/Leon Neal/Getty Images.
Labours 2019 result was the worst since 1935.
Under former leader Jeremy Corbyn, the party was on the brink of armageddon.
Many of the leading Tories of recent years have lost seats overnight in jaw-dropping fashion.
Former Prime Minister Truss a vocal supporter of Donald Trump is a case in point.
She became the first former PM to lose their seat in more than 100 years.
Truss brief, catastrophic time in office led to a dent in Tory support from which it never recovered.
But Truss was just one of a handful of former Cabinet ministers to lose their seats.
Beneath the stark headlines, the picture is more muddied.
This is a volatile political landscape.
The UK now has its fourth prime minister in under two years.
Labour led a clinical and forensic campaign that expertly worked the system.
While much of Europe pivots right, the UK has on first glance chosen a different direction.
Beneath the surface, the right has also surged.
Reform accounted for 14% of the popular vote, the third largest among the parties.
Will either seek to embrace Reforms agenda and voters?
An embrace or stark rejection from either side will further redraw the UK political landscape.
Another simmering issue that has further fractured the vote is that of the Israel-Gaza crisis.
The mandate is strong today, but the ability to effect change will take time.
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