The United Kingdom’s governing Conservative Party suffered a major electoral defeat on Thursday. Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer is the new prime minister, buoyed by 412 Labour seats in the 650-seat House of Commons. The Conservatives lost 250 seats, facilitating Labour’s big majority of around 170 seats.

Outgoing Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has apologized and will soon resign as Conservative leader. That’s no surprise. One defeated Conservative minister described the result as “electoral Armageddon.” And that’s hardly an understatement. Big Conservative scalps included former Prime Minister Liz Truss, Jacob Rees-Mogg, and others.