BBC News on U.K. and French election results

I closed John Oliver examines the UK elections with a wish and a suggestion to myself.

May the U.K. avoid falling down a rabbit hole because of the election results!

I might return with the results of the U.K. and French elections, where the French seem to have realized that they might fall down a rabbit hole as well and have caught onto the edge to prevent it.

Both elections have concluded, so it's time to review the results. I begin with BBC News reporting UK election results: Labour wins landslide victory.

The Labour Party has won a landslide victory in the UK general election.

With fewer than 10 seats left to declare, this is set to be the worst Conservative result – in terms of seats – in history.

Sir Keir Starmer will be the next UK prime minister and will enter Number 10 Downing Street today.

Overnight, the Liberal Democrats made huge gains, while the Scottish National Party lost dozens of seats.

Reform UK have net four MPs so far and the Green Party have had their best election performance to date.

Wow! That's quite the convincing victory for Labour! Looks like the U.K. got out of the rabbit hole or at least didn't fall into it.

BBC News covered more of Sir Keir Starmer's acceptance speech in Labour wins UK general election with Keir Starmer to be next prime minister.

Labour has officially won the 2024 general election after reaching the required 326 seats.

Speaking in central London, the next prime minister Keir Starmer says "change begins now".

"It feels good, I have to be honest," he tells a cheering crowd.

He adds that the task of a Labour government is "nothing less than renewing the ideas that hold our country together".

I liked P.M. Starmer's speech. I especially appreciated his slogan "Country first, party second." That's a sentiment I wish both major U.S. parties believed in. One of ours certainly doesn't.

While Labour was the clear winner in the United Kingdom, there was no clear winner in the French elections, just a clear loser, Marine Le Pen and her National Rally. As BBC News reported this morning, France faces hung parliament after election result.

France is facing political deadlock after parliamentary elections dealt a blow to the far-right National Rally - but leave no party with a majority.

A coalition of left wing parties - have won most seats in the high stakes snap election.

The left-wing New Popular Front has won 182 seats in total, Marine Le Pen’s National Rally have 143 MP’s, coming behind President Emmanuel Macron’s Ensemble Alliance, which has 168 seats.

RN leader Jordan Bardella blamed "unnatural political alliances" for stopping their rise to power.

France managed to avoid falling into the rabbit hole, but might still be teetering on the edge. Still, it's better than the alternative.

I hope to have more good news about France in time for Bastille Day. If not, no worries, as I already have the plan B I mentioned in A happy drum corps Canada Day 2024! In the meantime, may the U.K. and France serve as good examples for the U.S. in this election year.