The Cardinal, Archbishop Vincent Nicholas, has written to the new Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, to congratulate him on his election and to express the hope that the Church can work constructively with the new government. We must hope that this will be the case. Given the scale of the Labour landslide, a massive 412 seats, there will be few real constraints on Sir Keir's government. A majority of that size means that individual MPs will have little effect on legislation that the Government approves. The electoral system in Britain may provide greater stability than others, but it can also be capricious. Labour with 33.7 per cent of the vote and 9.68 million votes has 412 seats; the Liberal Democrats with 12.2 per cent or 3.5 million votes, have 71 seats; and Reform, on 14 per cent of the vote and four million votes has just four seats.
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It's time to congratulate Sir Keir - and to pray he works with the churches and not against them
the cardinal, archbishop vincent nicholas, has written to the new prime minister, sir keir starmer, to congratulate him on his election and ...
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