Keir Starmer vows to serve whole UK as new Labour PM
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The Labour leader pledges to return politics to "public service" after his party's landslide win.

I’m sure you all know this already but it’s now official.

The fourth person ever to lead Labour to a majority. The first person since 1970 to win a majority and overturn a majority at the same time.

  • worldwidewave@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Wikipedia says:

    The British order of knighthood most frequently conferred on prime ministers has been the Order of the Garter, of which 30 male prime ministers (beginning with Sir Robert Walpole and later including Sir Winston Churchill and Sir Anthony Eden) have been Knights Companion (KG), and the first female, Margaret Thatcher, a Lady Companion (LG) of the Order. Nine prime ministers, including Thatcher, received it after serving office. Currently, the only living knights among them are Sir John Major, knighted in 2005, and Sir Tony Blair, knighted in the 2022 New Year Honours. The only prime minister to have received a British gallantry award was Anthony Eden, who won the Military Cross (MC) while serving in the army in the First World War, before entering parliament.[6][7]

    There’s also lists of peerages that PMs have gotten, with loads of fun titles

      • frankPodmore@slrpnk.netOPEnglish
        2·
        4 months ago

        Duke of Wellington, definitely. I bet there were others, especially if you include Baronets (and not only Knights proper) who also use the title ‘Sir’.