Britain's Rishi Sunak said he would meet King Charles to formally resign as prime minister on Friday (July 5) and would also stand down as leader of the defeated Conservative Party after Keir Starmer's Labour Party won a landslide election victory.
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00:00Good morning. I will shortly be seeing His Majesty the King to offer my resignation as
00:20Prime Minister. To the country, I would like to say first and foremost, I am sorry. I have
00:28given this job my all, but you have sent a clear signal that the Government of the United
00:34Kingdom must change, and yours is the only judgement that matters. I have heard your
00:40anger, your disappointment, and I take responsibility for this loss. It pains me to think how many
00:48good colleagues who contributed so much to their communities and our country will now
00:54no longer sit in the House of Commons. I thank them for their hard work and their service.
01:01Following this result, I will step down as party leader, not immediately, but once the
01:07formal arrangements for selecting my successor are in place. Sir Keir Starmer will shortly
01:12become our Prime Minister. In this job, his successors will be all our successors, and
01:19I wish him and his family well. Whatever our disagreements in this campaign, he is a decent,
01:25public-spirited man who I respect. He and his family deserve the very best of our understanding
01:33as they make the huge transition to their new lives behind this door, and as he grapples
01:39with this most demanding of jobs in an increasingly unstable world. One of the most remarkable
01:44things about Britain is just how unremarkable it is that two generations after my grandparents
01:51came here with little, I could become Prime Minister, and that I could watch my two young
01:57daughters light Diwali candles on the steps in Downing Street. We must hold true to that
02:04idea of who we are, that vision of kindness, decency, and tolerance that has always been
02:11the British way. This is a difficult day at the end of a number of difficult days, but
02:19I leave this job honoured to have been your Prime Minister. This is the best country in
02:25the world, and it is thanks entirely to you, the British people, the true source of all
02:31our achievements, our strengths, and our greatness. Thank you.
02:41Thank you very much.
03:11Thank you.