British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is expected to meet King Charles III today to formally resign after the Labor Party's landslide victory in yesterday's election, later today, Reuters reported. Before that, he will give a statement to “Downing Street” 10 (the address of the British Prime Minister's residence) at 10:30 a.m. local time (12:30 p.m. Bulgarian time), BTA reported.
Labour Prime Minister-elect Keir Strummer will then meet the monarch at Buckingham Palace before delivering a speech from “Downing Street” around 12:20 p.m. local time (2:20 p.m. Bulgarian time), the agency adds.
"The change starts now", announced the leader of the Labor Party, Keir Starmer, quoted by the heavy artillery of British journalism in the "Times", and added: "We did it!". The newspaper noted that the Labor leader thanked his supporters after his party won the election.
Labour is celebrating a decisive victory, commented the press in Great Britain today.
"Starmer will be the new prime minister until a decisive Labor victory completely destroys the Tories," commented in the "Telegraph". The paper also draws attention to the 45-day, failed administration of Rishi Sunak's predecessor, Liz Truss, whose career ended after she lost her seat to Labour.
V. "Telegraph" also notes that infighting has already broken out between the Tories as Rishi Sunak apologizes for the massive defeat. A front is looming to replace the party leader after the Conservative Party came to terms with its worst result in modern history, said the newspaper, which also reported that Sunack was expected to announce his intention to resign as Tory leader today after by leading his party to a historic defeat. This could lead to a fierce battle for his successor, the Telegraph said.
The disputes began last night, with the right wing of the party accusing him of not being conservative enough, and the left accusing the right of alienating young, liberal voters, the paper said.
On its front page in the "Guardian" quoting Keir Starmer's pledge to "rekindle the fire of optimism in Britain". In an article by Starmer in the "Observer" the Labor leader promises to restore confidence in politics after winning yesterday's general election.