It is highly likely that the leader of the British Labor Party, Keir Starmer, who has become the Prime Minister of Great Britain, will continue to actively support Ukraine. In particular, military support will continue. This opinion was expressed by Dmytro Levus, a political scientist and international fellow at the United Ukraine Analytical Center, to UNN.
"By and large, we already see that tectonic shifts and changes have taken place in the UK. That is, the Conservative rule, which was very long, is coming to an end. But in terms of how this will change foreign policy, we can say with a high degree of probability that this heritage of that policy will remain," Levus said.
That is, according to him, the changes in the British government are not unequivocally negative for Ukraine.
"All the fears that were there before about the fact that there was such an extreme left wing in the Labor Party that was opposed to aid, it is basically disorganized now. With a high degree of probability, we can say that Keir Starmer will continue to actively support Ukraine. Moreover, the UK will remain active in foreign policy in general... We can look at the UK's policy towards Ukraine with a certain, albeit cautious, optimism," Levus said.
When asked whether the changes in the government would not slow down military assistance to Ukraine, Levus said: "Yes, definitely (it will not slow down - ed.) Military assistance will continue. Most likely, we may even see a certain intensification of building this new alliance that has been discussed a lot with Poland, or rather not so much with Poland, but a security alliance that is not an alternative to NATO, but still adds such additional stability to Europe in confronting Russia, which will include the UK, the Scandinavian and Baltic countries and Ukraine.
"Since the new prime minister needs to find projects that would strengthen his position, I think this is one of the options that could work," Levus said.
Also, according to him, there will be support for the formation of the Ukrainian Navy, Britain's participation in a large number of coalitions to provide various types of weapons for Ukraine.
Addendum
Buckingham Palace has confirmed the resignation of British Conservative leader Rishi Sunak as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after his party's election defeat.
British Labour Party leader Keir Starmer officially became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after an audience with King Charles III at Buckingham Palace on Friday, July 5.
After voting ended in the British elections, it quickly became clear that Sir Keir Starmer's Labor Party was headed for a landslide victory, with exit polls indicating a significant loss of seats for the Conservatives.
With all but two constituencies now announced, Labor has won 412 seats, a result comparable to Tony Blair's triumph in 1997.