Rishi Sunak resigns as Conservative leader following Labour's election victory
BREAKING: Rishi Sunak resigns as Conservative Party leader after Labour landslidehttps://t.co/vMek534sFQ
- Sky News (@SkyNews) July 5, 2024
- He apologised and said "I have heard your anger, your disappointment and I take responsibility for this loss."
- Sunak will stay until the leadership election
- Potential successors include Kemi Badenoch after potential rival Penny Mordaunt lost her seat
- Suella Braverman is also likely to throw her hat in the ring
- There is also right wing support between Farage defecting to the Conservative party to become Tory leader
- Sunak retained his seat in an election that saw a record number of cabinet members lose theirs
- After ridicule about announcing the election in the rain without cover, Sunak's wife stood behind him with an umbrella as he announced he was stepping down
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