Labour wins by a landslide

<div>Where to start with an historic election night. Keir Starmer has got his 1997 moment, winning an enormous majority. <br><br>Elsewhere, eleven cabinet ministers have <a href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/full-list-tory-big-beasts-felled-across-the-country/">lost their seats</a>, including: Grant Shapps, Gillian Keegan and Penny Mordaunt. Former prime minister Liz Truss has <a href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/voters-never-forgave-liz-truss-for-her-mini-budget/">lost</a> her seat, as have senior Tories Jacob Rees-Mogg and Miriam Cates. The Lib Dems have made massive gains, the SNP were decimated in Scotland and Nigel Farage is the MP for Clacton. <br><br>But it's not a clean sweep for Labour. Two Labour frontbenchers have <a href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/how-bad-will-a-labour-government-be/">lost</a> their seats and Starmer will enter government on a vote share of 35 per cent, the lowest of any postwar governing party. Will this hinder him in government? And is this landslide down to the Farage effect? <br><br>James Heale speaks to Fraser Nelson and Katy Balls. <br><br>Produced by Natasha Feroze and Oscar Edmondson. </div><p>Become a <em>Spectator </em>subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to <a href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/follow-your-podcasts/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">spectator.co.uk/adfree</a> to find out more.</p><br><p>For more <em>Spectator</em> podcasts, go to <a href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/podcasts/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">spectator.co.uk/podcasts</a>.</p><br><p>Contact us: [email protected]</p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>