text:  And we begin it today. Thank you very much. Yesterday's election was a near wipeout for the incumbent Conservatives, their worst defeat in the party's nearly 200-year history. NPR's Lauren Frayer is in London and has followed us through the night. Good morning. Good morning. So tell us about the new British Prime Minister. Keir Starmer is a human rights lawyer and a prosecutor. As a young man, he actually called for the monarchy to be abolished.