Conservative leader Rishi Sunak announces resignation, pending successor’s appointment. Sunak takes responsibility for party’s electoral setbacks, issues national apology. Sunak praises incoming PM Keir Starmer as a decent, public-spirited man poised to lead effectively.
In his last speech Sunak from outside 10 Downing Street said, ‘To the country, I would like to say first and foremost, I am sorry. I have given this job my all but you have sent a clear signal that the government of the United Kingdom must change and yours is the only judgement that matters. I take responsibility for this loss. Following this result, I will step down as party leader’.
The 44-year-old leader said that he will step down as leader of the Conservative party which suffered a landslide loss in the election.
‘Following this result, I will step down as party leader’, he said, a move that is set to trigger a contest for the next Conservative leader. Labour Party won the UK general as per results declared from almost all the parliamentary seats. Keir Starmer will be the next prime minister and is due to meet the king shortly where he’ll be invited to form a government.
Meanwhile, Keir Starmer, the leader of the Labour Party, is set to become the UK’s new Prime Minister. This victory ends 14 years of Conservative rule, with Starmer pledging a period of “national renewal.”
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