ROME – “First of all I would like to say that I am sorry. I have given everything to this job, but you have sent a clear message that the UK government must change and yours is the only opinion that counts “. So the outgoing Rishi Sunak commented the results of the elections in the United Kingdom which saw Keir Starmer’s Labor triumph. On at number 10 Downing Street: the last speech to the citizens, before the meeting with King Charles III to whom he resigned. “It’s a difficult day, but I leave this job honored to have been Prime Minister of the best country in the world.”
“I have listened to your anger, your disappointment and I take responsibility for this defeat,” he said, also apologizing to all members of the Conservative Party. “I thank the voters for their support – he added – I look forward to continuing to serve them”. And he said: “I called Keir Starmer to congratulate him.”