Bellringers and running the bar dry: inside Labour’s night of elation

Bellringers and running the bar dry: inside Labour’s night of elation

Exit poll began celebrations at party HQ and Tate Modern that culminated in Keir Starmer’s walk into Downing Street

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Keir Starmer saw the moment he would become prime minister in the same manner as the rest of the country, on the sofa at a friend’s home, watching the BBC exit poll with his wife and children.

His close group of friends and advisers – many of whom had been at Starmer’s side since the early days of his leadership – roared at the prediction of a landslide. But Starmer was calm, embracing them all one by one. “It felt like a dream, an out-of-body experience,” said one.

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