British PM Rishi Sunak is expected to announce his resignation Friday morning.
This news follows the projected clean-sweep victory by the leftist Labour party in the U.K.’s general election.
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🚨🇬🇧 BREAKING: UK PM TO RESIGN THIS MORNING
After the nearly certain projected clean out by the left-wing Labour party this evening, PM Rishi Sunak indicated he is ready to accept defeat and resign immediately.
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— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) July 4, 2024
🚨BREAKING:
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is expected to resign on Friday morning after his Conservative Party suffered the worst election defeat in history.
Labour are expected to win with 410 seats while Conservatives will have just 131 seats.
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— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) July 5, 2024
For the UK Tories, the result of today's general election will be a disastrous end to PM Rishi Sunak’s audacious snap election gambit.
His party is on course for its worst result in history.
Sunak is widely expected to resign in the coming hours.
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Coventry Live has more details:
Rishi Sunak is poised to step down as the leader of the Conservative Party tomorrow morning. Tim Shipman, the Sunday Times’ chief political commentator, shared his thoughts on Times Radio, suggesting that Sunak is likely to announce his resignation on Friday, following what is expected to be a sweeping Labour victory in the election.
ADVERTISEMENTOn Twitter, Calum Macdonald from Times Radio reported: “@ShippersUnbound tells @TimesRadio’s Election night that his understanding is that Rishi Sunak will announce his resignation as Conservative leader on Friday morning.”
This development follows Sunak’s earlier indications that he might not immediately resign as Tory leader if he were to lose Thursday’s election. During a BBC interview with Chris Mason, Sunak avoided a direct response when questioned about his future as leader post-election.
Yorkshire Live also reported:
Rishi Sunak is set to resign as the Tory leader as his party faces a devastating defeat at the 2024 General Election.
Labour is forecast to have a 170-seat majority in the Commons, with the Conservatives reduced to their lowest number of MPs on record. If the results indicated by an exit poll are accurate, Rishi Sunak’s term as Prime Minister will end in electoral disaster, with Nigel Farage’s Reform UK establishing a foothold in Parliament and the Liberal Democrats forecast to make significant gains.
And on the back of the expected defeat, it is now being reported that Rishi Sunak will step down as leader of the Conservative Party. It is understood Mr Sunak is likely to hold on to his seat in Richmond and Northallerton in North Yorkshire.
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The U.K.’s 4th Prime Minister in 2 years?
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Has their ever been a weaker group of Western leaders? Biden. Sunak. Macron. Trudeau. ….
— Nine Foot Couch (@9FootCouch) July 4, 2024
Welp, Britain is going to be a shadow of itself in the next 5 years.
— Jer (@McOorah) July 4, 2024
Meanwhile…. We have a guy in America who doesn’t even know his own name most of the time running for another term 🤷🏻
— chris eagan 🇺🇸 (@chriseagan) July 4, 2024
Meanwhile…. We have a guy in America who doesn’t even know his own name most of the time running for another term 🤷🏻
— chris eagan 🇺🇸 (@chriseagan) July 4, 2024
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