Britain’s newly reformed Labour Party has won a landslide election against Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party.

As vote counting continued throughout the night of Friday, it became increasingly clear that the British people had embraced Labour Leader Keir Starmer whose party clinched an impressive 326 out of the 650 parliamentary seats needed for a majority government.

In a gracious concession speech, Sunak acknowledged his own party’s crushing defeat.

“The Labour Party has won this general election and I have called Sir Keir Starmer to congratulate him on his victory,” he said. “Today, power will change hands in a peaceful and orderly manner, with goodwill on all sides. That is something that should give us all confidence in our country’s stability and future.”

Starmer’s ascent to Labour leadership in 2019 marked a critical turning point for a party which had suffered a devastating electoral defeat under the antisemitic leadership of Jeremy Corbyn.

Corbyn, a far-left ideologue and fierce critic of Israel, presided over a party that became a breeding ground for antisemitism, driving away Jewish supporters and leaving Labour’s reputation in tatters.

Determined to confront Corbyn’s shameful legacy head-on, Starmer, whose wife Victoria is Jewish, embarked on a relentless campaign to uproot antisemitism from the party’s depths.

Under Starmer’s leadership, the party accepted a government commission investigating Labour’s antisemitism scandals, expelled Corbyn from the party for his disgraceful refusal to accept the commission’s findings and barred him from running as a candidate in this year’s election.

While concerns linger about Labour’s ability to consistently tackle antisemitism, particularly among those ideologically aligned with the far-left, Starmer’s track record suggests he will continue to confront rising anti-Israel sentiment and Jewish bigotry head on.