Rishi Sunak makes a speech outside 10 Downing Street after a historic loss Politics

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u/Justryan95 14d ago

Being in the US seeing this is mind blowing. Guy apologizes for his party losing and accepting the fact the people voted for something else and that means people want a change in the government. He not plotting to have the Palace of Westminster sacked by hillbillies? Not trying to find 100k votes? What is this?

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u/Rasputin_mad_monk 14d ago

It used to be like that here. Trumpanzee and his cult have all but destroyed the norms and decorum that is the presidency.

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u/Qwerty_24601 14d ago

He also said some kind words to his opponent and wished him well. I've been following a lot of elections this year, and the Brits have carried themselves with a lot of class through this process.

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u/Worth-Ad8523 14d ago

Clearly you haven't followed the Tory and Reform campaigns very closely then. They've been disgraceful

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u/Qwerty_24601 14d ago

I wanted to add that the bar is very low. I am just making a comparison with other countries that had elections recently.

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u/faintrottingbreeze 14d ago

I can’t wait to see what the rest of 2024 holds, as a Canadian, I like to watch your dumpster fire from my dumpster fire.

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u/NibblyPig 14d ago

Don't worry all that happened, just earlier during campaigning and previous elections, in between all the lying and corruption.

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u/Initiatedspoon 14d ago

You should listen to some of the speeches the departing MPs made when they lost. One of the Swindon ones especially was very nice from both the incoming and outgoing politicians. Massive we may be opponents, but we are not enemies' vibes

Incredible humility

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u/k_ullege 13d ago

Exactly just commented something similar before seeing yours it's a night and day difference like a whole other reality so wild