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Rishi Sunak fell victim to a humiliating prank shortly after the Tories have been ousted from power in a devastating landslide for Labour.
While Sunak lost his role as PM, with Sir Keir Starmer set to enter No 10, the Tory chief retained his seat in Richmond and Northallerton and, whereas delivering his speech of thanks to his constituents, YouTube prankster Niko Omilana walked behind him holding a chunk of paper with the letter “L” on it.
The prank, which referred to Sunak as a “loser”, was claimed by Omilana shortly after it occurred. He wrote on his social media pages, the place he has 7.49 million followers: “Hold this L rishi, your time is up.”
Omilana was in a position to make it onto the stage as he had stood as an impartial candidate within the constituency, successful a complete of 160 votes.
As he stood behind Sunak, the digicam tried – and failed – to transfer him out of body.
Sunak referred to as the overall result of the general election “a sobering verdict”, including: “There is much to learn, and I take responsibility for the loss.”
He added: “To the many good, hard-working Conservative candidates who lost tonight, despite their tireless efforts, their local records and delivery, and their dedication to their communities. I am sorry.”
While Sunak retained his seat, one former prime minster who failed to achieve this was Liz Truss. Other high-profile Tory politicians, together with Commons chief Penny Mordaunt, Defence Secretary Grant Shapps and former Jacob Rees-Mogg, have been additionally ousted from their seats.
In his victory speech, Starmer mentioned change “begins now”.
“It feels good, I have to be honest,” he mentioned. “Four and a half years of work, changing the party. This is what it is for. A changed Labour party, ready to serve our country, ready to restore Britain to the service of working people.”
Starmer promised an “age of national renewal” wherein Labour would “start to rebuild our country” however he additionally acknowledged that change could be troublesome.
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The Labour chief mentioned the “sunlight of hope was… shining once again in a country with an opportunity after 14 years to get its future back”.
Although Labour gained the election in an enormous landslide, one impartial candidate who managed to defeat the social gathering of their constituency was its former leader, Jeremy Corbyn, who retained his Islington North seat with 24,120 votes.
Corbyn gained the constituency with 7,247 extra votes than the Labour candidate’s Praful Nargund, who secured 16,873 votes.
Upon his victory, he mentioned: “Our campaign was a positive one, it did not get into the gutter of politics. Ours was a positive campaign trying to bring hope to people.
“Our campaign was utterly determined to bring a degree of unity to it. This result is a resounding message from the people of Islington North that they want something better.
“I owe my life and my learning and my abilities entirely to the people of Islington North. This victory is dedicated entirely to them.”