July 8, 2024--Written by Paul Wiseman for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Bucking the rightward trends seen in their mainland neighbors' recent polling, British voters overwhelmingly supported center and center-left parties in yesterday's election. Current results give Labour at least 412 seats in the 650-seat House of Commons, with the Conservatives getting only about 121 seats.

This would be the Conservatives' worst showing in almost two centuries, and it's Labour's biggest landslide since their Tony Blair-led 1997 victory. Labour's Keir Starmer will begin forming a government immediately, with a huge mandate for its policies.