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BREAKING NEWS: REFORM UK WINNING A FIFTH SEAT BASILDON SOUTH AND EAST IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
THE REFORM UK PARTY ALSO HAS AN UNDERSTANDING WITH THE TRADITIONAL UNIONIST VOICE AND ITS LEADER JIM ALLISTER WHO WON A SEAT IN NORTHHERN IRELAND.
(12 NOON EASTERN US TIME, 5 PM UK TIME)
In the UK the formalities of the transfer of power.
King Charles came to Buckingham Palace taking the resignation of Rishi Sunak and the designation of Sir Keir Starmer as the new Prime Minister.
Mr. Starmer making six key cabinet appointments this afternoon.
Meanwhile Peter Hitchens has written a piece saying in essence that conservatism has died in the UK whether there's a formal funeral or not...
"So farewell then conservatism..."-Peter Hitchens "UnHerd"
Rishi Sunak says he will resign as Conservative Party leader once the mechanism for his replacement is established.
Reform UK winning four seats in England and in Northern Ireland the Traditional Unionist Voice aligned with Reform winning a seat in Northern Ireland where Jim Allister defeated Ian Paisley Jr. of the Democratic Unionist Party to win the seat.
14.3 percent of the popular vote for Reform more than 4 million votes.
(610 AM EASTERN US TIME, 1110 AM UK TIME)
Only two more seats to be counted in the British Election at this point 412 seats for the Labour Party and 121 for the Conservatives, The Liberal Democrats with 71 seats.
SHUTTING DOWN WITH RESUMPTION LATER ON FRIDAY MORNING EASTERN US TIME.
Nearly half of the 650 seats in the House of Commons now declared. Labor with 231 of the 317 seats already decided.
(11 PM EASTERN US TIME, 4 AM UK TIME)
In the Boston and Skegness seat Richard Tice winning the contest for Reform UK, Reform's fourth seat won tonight.
An Independent candidate running in an area with a large Muslim population taking a seat away from the Labour Party tonight.
The Leicester South seat won by Independent Shockat Adam who defeated a Labor Party Shadow Cabinet Minister Jonathan Ashworth.
Adam getting 35 percent of the vote to Ashworth's 33 percent.
This result a rebuke of new Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer's policies regarding Israel seen as too hostile to Palestinians.
A second anti-Starmer Independent elected tonight in a Labour Party area.
Reform UK winning the Great Yarmouth seat in the House of Commons the third seat won so far by Reform tonight.
We are being told tonight that the turnout for this election was 57 percent it's said to be the lowest turnout on record.
VIDEO OF NIGEL FARAGE SPEAKING FOLLOWING HIS ELECTION IN CLACTON
"Reform is coming for Labour"
That's some of what Nigel Farage said after his victory was announced in Clacton tonight Mr. Farage pointing to "something big" happening with Reform's breakthrough in this election.
Results still to be announced for some 480 of the 650 House of Commons seats.
(1030 PM EASTERN US TIME, 330 AM UK TIME)
Nigel Farage announced as the winner of the Clacton seat in the House of Commons.
The former Labor Party leader Jeremy Corbyn kicked out over his leftist views that were said to be Anti-Semitic elected as an Independent for the Islington North seat in the House of Commons.
"The change begins right here because this is your democracy, your community, your future"
Some of the words tonight from the next Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer. Starmer speaking after the results for this seat were announced.
Conservative Defense Secretary Grant Shapps losing his seat to Labour tonight.
(1010 PM EASTERN US TIME, 310 AM UK TIME)
At this moment many seats being declared but hundreds more still outstanding over 540 in fact.
The Conservatives now have more popular votes than Reform the Tories around 20 percent Reform at 18 percent.
Workers Party Leftist George Galloway a strong Anti-Israel voice elected in a special election earlier this year losing his seat in Rochdale to the Labour Party.
(935 PM EASTERN US TIME, 235 AM UK TIME)
The BBC expecting Nigel Farage to win the seat he's contesting in Clacton where the vote count is expected to be announced within the hour.
Former Conservative MP Lee Anderson who switched to Reform UK in March has won his seat in Ashfield.
The first result declared for Reform UK tonight.
(9 PM EASTERN US TIME, 2 AM UK TIME)
As the media outlets in the UK report tonight's results one item many of them are disguising is the massive popular vote loss for the Conservative Party in relation to Reform.
Reform UK according to figures shown by Channel 4 moments ago 21.3 percent of the popular vote in second place behind Labour while the Conservatives are at 19.1 percent.
Most polls trotted out in recent days gave the Tories an edge over Reform in popular vote.
The vote count will be long likely going until dawn until we get accurate information about who actually won seats in the House of Commons.
(830 PM EASTERN US TIME, 130 AM UK TIME)
The BBC noting in its reporting that Reform has finished second in contests involving Labour Party seats in areas where Brexit was approved by voters in the 2016 referendum.
In a social media video posted minutes ago Nigel Farage very optimistic noting Reform's second place finish in safe Labor Party seats in northern England with around 30 percent of the popular vote.
(725 PM EASTERN US TIME, 1225 AM UK TIME)
A long night of actually counting the votes is underway right now Northern Ireland's 19 seats counted tomorrow morning.
A brutal night for the Scottish National Party according to the projection the SNP losing 38 seats down to only 10.
NIGEL FARAGE IS WINNING A SEAT IN PARLIAMENT IN CLACTON ACCORDING TO TONIGHT'S PROJECTION.
(620 PM EASTERN US TIME, 1120 PM UK TIME)
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