King Charles Formally Appoints Keir Starmer As PM

Agence France-Presse reports:

Britain’s head of state King Charles III officially appointed Labour leader Keir Starmer as prime minister on Friday during an audience at Buckingham Palace.

A photograph released by the palace showed the monarch shaking hands with Starmer, whose party won a landslide election victory. The king earlier accepted the resignation of Conservative leader Rishi Sunak.

“The King received in Audience The Right Honourable Sir Keir Starmer MP today and requested him to form a new Administration,” a palace statement read.

Read the full article. Things move fast there, don’t they?

King Charles III welcomes Sir Keir Starmer during an audience at Buckingham Palace, London, where he invited the leader of the Labour Party to become Prime Minister and form a new government following the landslide General Election victory for the Labour Party.

Pic PA pic.twitter.com/RYjnV8JTG9

— Elliot Wagland (@elliotwagland) July 5, 2024

Keir Starmer’s first speech on the steps of Downing Street 👏

Remember May’s, Johnson’s, Truss’s and Sunak’s speeches? Starmer’s was head and shoulders above all of theirs combined,

While we have different views on some policy areas, Starmer’s is the first speech by a new PM… pic.twitter.com/7qynQ4SgOE

— Farrukh (@implausibleblog) July 5, 2024