The UK is about to get a new prime minister — someone Obama has been mentoring for months

Thu, 07/04/2024 - 17:55

A composite image of Keir Starmer and Barack Obama. — Barack Obama has been a mentor to Keir Starmer, who's expected to become the UK prime minister after Thursday's election.
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Keir Starmer is poised to become the UK's next prime minister.
He's had help opening up about his personal story from an unlikely source: Barack Obama.
Exit polls suggest Starmer's party winning with an estimated overall majority of 170 seats.

Britons have voted and counting is underway as the UK gears up for a radical change in leadership.

Observers are expecting a landslide win for the left-wing Labour Party, which would make its leader, Keir Starmer, prime minister and end 14 years of Conservative Party rule.