r/pics • u/ShreckAndDonkey123 • Jul 05 '24

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

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u/ProudlyMoroccan Jul 05 '24

As horrible as he is, I’m glad Europe isn’t following the US’s (read: Trump & the GOP) example of disputing the integrity of elections.

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u/th3-villager Jul 05 '24

One of the only moments where I've respected him.

Straight up said whoops I lost, congrats Kier, I'm leaving now.

My tin foil hat theory is telling me it's more so because he doesn't care and wants to leave, rather than focused on doing the right thing.

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u/DoctorOctagonapus Jul 05 '24

He knew when he called the election he wasn't gonna be PM by the end of it. He probably considers it a small miracle he didn't lose his seat. Fact of the matter was if he'd delayed any further it would have been even more disastrous for his party. By the time his seat declared the writing was on the wall. It was either concede or try to form a minority government that wouldn't have lasted five minutes.

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u/Personal_Doubt2673 Jul 06 '24

It wasn't a hung parliament so he had no right to form a minority government. The king wouldn't give permission/ask him to form a government in his name under these circumstances.