How Sunak's election night nightmare unfolded

It began at 10pm on Thursday evening when exit polls predicted a Labour landslide.
It ended at around 4.40am when Prime Minister Rishi Sunak conceded defeat to Sir Keir Starmer.
In between, a slew of Conservative heavyweights such as Liz Truss and Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg found themselves out of a job as the political map of the UK changed from blue to red.
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[@karlharvey4806]

Labour literally had to say and do nothing to win here, tories dug their own graves

[@richardsmith8790]

We didn't vote for Labour we just evicted the Tories they're all full of 💩 at least we can have somebody new to complain about

[@Venom-xd9st]

Watch as this country collapses under Labour. ‘Change’ this and that is all a lie. They’ll be even worse and leave us all with higher taxes, higher debt and no plan at all. Shame the electorate are stupid enough to vote for no future

[@sasquatch2732]

A load of people that don’t care a jot about the people have been voted in by the people they don’t give a jot about. Same old same old.

[@Bibliotechno]

Yeah. It was embarrassing how they seemed to undeliver everything they touted.

[@evolassunglasses4673]

They went for mass replacement migration

[@Kolo___]

Niko Omilana in the background with the massive L.

[@aster01d64]

Highlight of the election

[@stonks87]

What time in the video?

[@supercrafty6958]

🤣🤣🤣

[@demaciasolos]

Who?

[@EricLatios]

@@stonks87 2:27

[@mrakronyahoo]

Sorry Sunak had a bad night. But britain has a had a 14 year tory nightmare!

[@PorkandCider79]

14 years of labour councils and decisions...

[@silentstormstudio4782]

We are extremely concerened about hidden discriminatory practices in UK 🤣

[@lumo7461]

It's going to get worse!!!!

[@GoharHussain-m4h]

It's going to get far far worse.

[@boycie2.099]

Get in!!

[@diamonds7504]

The old British little trick by turning Sunak into the scapegoat but he is sorted for life being a billionaire and soon sailing to the US happy away from this mess ....The voters actually made him a huge favour and took him out of his suffering .

[@lumo7461]

Straight to California he'll go!!

[@idomalion6167]

He is still an MP

[@EpicAelflaed]

Scapegoat for what? He gave out visas to 350,000 from India and Pakistan in 2023 and over 200,000 visas to Africans. Stopping the boats by the Rwanda scheme was an utter failure. The planes weren’t leaking because half the illegals had disappeared into our countryside somewhere. Rishi was always washy. Not a scapegoat, just an absolute useless politician

[@rajkanakattu938]

@@idomalion6167uhh still stuck here!! I wish he would open another chapter rather staying in politics

[@EpicAelflaed]

Rishi made a lot of money with his side projects whilst being a non elected PM by the British public.

[@jacobfield4848]

Sunak made himself and his handlers very very rich.

[@allenmontrasio8962]

And even managed to retain his seat.

[@nmz3450]

It seemed like he's been trying to get out of the hot seat this whole campaign, I bet the happiest man about this result is him

[@andrewtregoning]

It's a successful run for him for sure

[@DarrenLambert-yu5pq]

He's off to the US to push his INFOSYS CBDC and digital IDs, the only reason he was there, oh yeh, and to furlough his wife's fashion business, imagine what she earns a month.

[@Anonymousscroller-lc4mu]

​@@andrewtregoningoh please, every politician does that

[@switchbladeromance1466]

Either way we're screwed it's just a different person to blame.

[@scouseaussie1638]

Same shyt different colour

[@ArjunGhag-ix7te]

If Labour fails to deport millions of serious criminals, then Labour will be booted out en masse very quickly. Lags like Lawangeen Abdul who hurt Tommy Roberts & Mr Aleed of Teeside, who hurt a pensioner. Only 1 in 5 voted 4 Starmer. 2 in 5 refused to vote at all. Kemi is despised by most righty voters as she backed big election loser Sunak in two Tory Boss elections & that is a very worrying decision making pattern for Tory voters.

[@giovannisoave9634]

And a big thanks to Boris, Truss and all their supporters who helped take the Tories down. Well done.👏👏

[@rangersnut]

He he. Well done indeed.

[@boahnation9932]

Can't believe what they've done... How people have only now woken up to it all too is sickening.

[@thebolsta]

Starmer is just another Tory, but wearing a red tie.

[@squatchjosh1131]

@@thebolsta New Labour has been diet tories for a while.

[@joliecide]

Brexit forever 😂

[@joshcrombie3533]

Was that Niko in the background with the L sign 😂😂

[@em8969]

A legendary moment😂😂😂😂😂

[@Luvinitdigital]

He ain't at all worried he's walked off with billions🤣

[@cshah-rk1yu]

He has already millions.

[@ElonHusky]

@@cshah-rk1yu He's already billionaire when he married. The fool is wasting his time in politics

[@johnswarbrick2365]

Rishi didn't deserve to retain his seat.

[@TheSeafordian]

But he got the most votes. It's called democracy.

[@wnalikka]

i was surprised he got that many votes in the first place.

[@philiphunn194]

Don't worry, I expect he'll be buggering off to California shortly.

[@Yui-ip7cd]

@@philiphunn194still not sure whether Biden still continues . If Trump is in then Farage will kick Sunak arse .

[@allenmontrasio8962]

Why is everyone surprised? Today's result was in the cards for months and was predicted pretty accurately.

[@rogerwhite4073]

No one is surprised, but the devil is in the details. Labour have won a massive majority with only a third of the popular vote. As the video showed, one winner of a constituency was booed by a vocal highly motivated minority. This election highlights the deep divides within the populace and the result is a consequence of people voting against something they don't want rather than voting for leadership that they believe in. Winter is coming, I fear, for all the houses.

[@lordjim3109]

Nobody`s surprised. They are only putting on a show.

[@caolan1083]

@@lordjim3109 It's called relief, not suprise.

[@nellyb2434]

I'm not getting too excited. I remember being excited in 1997.

[@Sol-Cutta]

Yes but that was a coalition

[@em8969]

When they partied while our grand parents died alone, gave their friends our tax millions in health contracts, they lost. They’ve had a 14-16 year run to improve our country and FAILED astonishingly. Let’s give Labour a go and pray.

[@harveysmith6636]

That Labour government was statistically much more successful than the Tory one.

[@sherpafan033]

@@Sol-Cuttano it wasn’t

[@Sol-Cutta]

@@sherpafan033 it was lib dem and conservatives

[@lollUK]

Sunak has simply washed his hands of this country, he will scuttle off with his pockets filled with the money he has made, sat on a beach with a cocktail in hand laughing with his wife about how he screwed us all and at the horrid mess the now Labour party have to deal with. On a positive note the atmosphere in my local Morrisons is filled with relief that the Tories are finally out, the energy has shifted and people are feeling somewhat positive for the future, they are not delusional as they know it going to be an uphill struggle to get this country back on it's feet.

[@sjla2009]

Exactly 💯 this! My area has a different vibe to. I think it's...hope? lol..remember that old thing?

[@mambajoopa]

Once again more people haven't bothered to vote than have voted for any single party. The country has got the government it deserves rather than the government it has elected. Well done 👏

[@faradaycool4058]

Letting the tories get away like that is criminal. Investigate them!

[@Yui-ip7cd]

@@faradaycool4058 Rishi Sunak and his wife must be investigated for the inflated fortunes. Evasions of Tax and also deliberate delay in Tax clearance must be penalised.

[@mehdielasri6091]

what a nightmare it has been this last 14 years, I found myself watching 90s and 2000 movies just to remeber how good it used to be, if this labour party can get us back just 50% of the way it used to be back then then I would consider it a success

[@sjla2009]

Definitely. I feel for all the people who didn't make it this far. Those who succumbed to substances, poverty and were afflicted with poor mental health and the taking of their actual lives.... I only made it to here by some kinda miracle 🙏💪🥳🎉🎊👑💃🏿

[@bobbadger8813]

And so the cycle continues 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@Turanic1]

2 parties shifting here and back for 100 years , need someone riding a dragon to break the wheel 😂

[@mrseuugr]

Keir Starmer is as big a melt as Sunak. Things will not get better.

[@Dude-etiquette]

Things would’ve been a lot worst if Sunak won

[@sherlockrobin597]

a melt? what on earth does that mean?

[@mazzerattimike8695]

​@@sherlockrobin597it's not an endearing term 😂

[@caolan1083]

@@sherlockrobin597 Not from the UK are ya?

[@sherlockrobin597]

@@caolan1083 I am. I'm from Newcastle. So this is either something people 400 miles south of me say, or 25 years younger...

[@Knighted357]

If my taxes go up I am going on unemployment.

[@user-sr8hs1ix4u]

They will 💯

[@infrasleep]

The 2029 GE will be the really important one. Issues that have been festering will get worse under Starmer and will no longer be able to be avoided/ignored. I predict a lot of serious civil unrest between now and then.

[@lumo7461]

We won't last that long!!!

[@rajkanakattu938]

Agreed

[@Chosen-Generation-777]

Jesus is coming soon.

[@demaciasolos]

@@Chosen-Generation-777All over your face?

[@gpadd_ow]

@@lumo7461you doomsday fantasists need to take your meds

[@boycie2.099]

The torries have been so bad and embarrassing for the last term cameron, may, johnson and truss have all left in disgrace or quit under pressure and sunak was never voted in people voted for Labour because they were sick of them

[@macatac14-kt4xp]

One f*cking globalist out, a nightmare globalist steps in .

[@AimeranCS]

Didnt GB contribute a large amount to globalism and has gotten wealthy because of that? In what world should Britain end globalisation? It would wreck your country.

[@edwardbernays8514]

Under Starmer, watch how much more UK money will go directly to Israel.

[@In_Paradiso58]

Don't CRY too much...Israel is of God...

[@lumo7461]

​@@In_Paradiso58No it's not, they're not even the same people as in the bible, DNA proves that lol

[@calebfielding6352]

labor was never out of power, there is no difference between them and conservitives.

[@evolassunglasses4673]

ConLab Uni-party

[@mayjailersirens]

huge difference maybe pay attention

[@calebfielding6352]

@@mayjailersirens the only difference I see is that the bbc calls one party racist and not the other, but they keep voting the same exact way

[@baselinefreedom5616]

The result was exactly what Goldman Sachs Shoe-in Sunak was appointed for.

[@berserkirclaws107]

Sunak already got his seat on a one way fly toward California, he does care! It's nice to have Ex Prime Minister Wages to life.

[@OUTBOUND184]

Need PR more than ever. Stuck with the uniparty forever if not.

[@Snoozymoss]

guess he will go without sky tv

[@mideleyi940]

It's not all just about Sunak alone, it's about 14yrs of the Conservatives taking the British people for idiots.

[@jamesdawson2510]

Oh look, the new king prat

[@sharykog4520]

How the heck Rishi Sunak even thought that he gonna win this time, he never won anyway he just came in power before.

[@IsabelSilva14251]

True

[@lumo7461]

He didn't want to win!!

[@em8969]

When they partied while our grand parents died alone, gave their friends our tax millions in health contracts, they lost. They’ve had a 14-16 year run to improve our country and FAILED astonishingly. Let’s give Labour a go and pray.

[@edmundironside9435]

He had to call an election at some point

[@kengsenchong4010]

1:21 Conservative Grant Shapps: "It is not so much that Labor won.....it's that the conservatives have lost it." O blimey

[@Ollay245]

The arrogance while cringe worthy isn't surprising at this point 😅

[@arkangel2000]

its true though. Most who voted Labour did so because they had no other choice.

[@Moray2023]

It's sorta true. Labour only got a 1.6% vote share increase where as the Tories dropped over 20%. And due to the decreased turn out. Looks like Labour might actually get less votes than 2019.

[@educational1651]

It's a true statement though, look at the stats.

[@LukeofSmeg]

Labour vote share went up just 2% since the last election dubbed "Labours worst election defeat in modern history", and much of that 2% would have been people just wanting to get the Tories out. Labour has essentially already fulfilled it's mandate. 😂

[@codswallop164]

A great night of WWE without the wrestling, the baton has been passed for more of the same. Congratulations Central Banks, military industrial complex, Israel and incoming wage suppressing migrants.

[@jamesbatten8659]

Imagine Diane Abacus as home secretary . God help us .

[@marleneboycie4004]

She would have been under corbyn

[@123GGameerz]

rishi sunak honestly looks relieved

[@Sam19509]

He called an early election to avoid Nigel Farage. Too bad Nigel crashed the party that this election was anyway.😂😂

[@tamilmaran7067]

Now we see what the Labour can do.

[@johndean1634]

Sunak must Resign as Tory Leader or Gets Sacked. How the heck did Jermy Hunt get voted in. He needs to be that far far back on the benches he cannot be Seen.

[@manah5479]

What an incredible election indeed

[@des_smith7658]

What a swell party this is

[@user-vh5ge5pu5d]

time for little Rishi to head off down that well worn path of cushy jobs with one of the multinational corporations he's helped, six figure sums for ghost written books and diaries, more cash for speeches and 'expert' advice and eventually in time a knighthood...

[@user-SubvurzIV]

Also a lucrative spot in the Carlyle Group making massive profits from human misery.

[@lumo7461]

Guarantee he moves to California!!

[@randlerobbertson8792]

"Meet the new boss, same as the old boss"- hes climbed into his own straight jacket with the promises made. Lets see what he does.

[@smartidea2987]

Sunak, after several days of seeing his wife frustrated and deeply depressed: Honey, after all, it is not our country!

[@billybatts8283]

Would be curious to know the socio-economic status of all those people clapping? I bet they were born very comfortable.

[@TraceyMeli]

This is worth celebrating, well done Labour, let's make Britain Great again 😁👏

[@sjla2009]

I agree 💯💪🥳🎉🎊💃🏿

[@Yui-ip7cd]

Sunak handed the worst defeat in history.

[@grey3987]

4TH July 2024 " Judgement Day " Labour will tax , print and the boats are on the way

[@Mikey72182]

Labour are Red Tories, they won't tax the rich and will continue austerity.

[@iCore7Gaming]

Our public services need funding.

[@lumo7461]

💯

[@knottybogeye6387]

What a beautiful day for our newly elected UK labour prime minister sir kier starmer well done sir, vile nasty corrupt Tory criminals gone pmsl .

[@EpicAelflaed]

@@Mikey72182 the rich are leaving - god help us

[@martinwatkins4134]

Nothing will change guys we’re all still fucked

[@karmarama9567]

Exactly

[@sjla2009]

Why not allow yourselves to hope? It's free.

[@martinwatkins4134]

@@sjla2009 hope is just fear in disguise

[@sjla2009]

@@martinwatkins4134 not for me 😊

[@ImayonRaja]

14 years of misery! Finally the change

[@ynwa3476]

Let's be honest, Labour has been deemed the lesser of the two evils and has only been given power due to how bad the Tories have been !

[@sjla2009]

So Labour won fair and square then

[@joegreen235]

Will see how long it takes to roll back anti-worker and Union laws.

[@LukeofSmeg]

@@joegreen235 Starmer's been parroting trickle down economics nonsense, so I seriously doubt he has any intention of doing that. He'll just use the whole excuse of "won't anybody think of the poor investors? They are threatening to pull out or leave the country unless we give in to every demand they have"🥺

[@OzzyOscy]

News saying it's Rishi's failure etc. _but the _*_ENTIRE party did this._* They were dead whatever NPC they made leader.

[@sallyire1]

This outcome demonstrated the will of the people and a civilized country showing how elections should be done, with the ability to concede defeat.

[@carolgilmour1165]

Makes little difference to us minions who's in power 😕

[@BenHirons]

It’s not his nightmare, he obviously did this on purpose.

[@sjla2009]

Yeah he knew what he was doing

[@em8969]

When they partied while our grand parents died alone, gave their friends our tax millions in health contracts, they lost. They’ve had a 14-16 year run to improve our country and FAILED astonishingly. Let’s give Labour a go and pray.

[@RecklessLaw]

Bruh no matter what britain voted for😂 Its a loss one way or another More corruption or more boats and more corruption. Wow

[@RAGSTAluvsDA90z]

Tory would have lost at this time even if Corbyn was Labours leader

[@lumo7461]

Exactly!!!!

[@MagicNash89]

@@RAGSTAluvsDA90z Not what the polls tell, the few polls who asked specifically what would be the vote if Corbyn was against Sunak now said it would be pretty freaking tight, Labour would be barely over the Tory in terms of national vote share.

[@des_smith7658]

I couldn't possibly comment

[@phineasgosalbez4024]

Sunak last seen in LHR term 5 on his way to LAx 😂

[@asif1380]

That slogan of 14 years worked

[@michelle-pt2vk]

Hopefully the UK can solve their immigration problem now?!!

[@sjla2009]

This is happening in other countries too. It cannot be stopped. These countries have human rights laws, we have to take them in.. We shot ourselves in our own foot.. 😮

[@JaggersLips]

The majority of the country do not want Labour 😂

[@S55M3]

Yeah but they won by a big margin

[@bxryme]

i mean that’s just evidently untrue

[@trevellyanblack4101]

A Conservative MP was whingeing about the possibility of a Labour supermajority, the journalist simply said, but whose fault is it?

[@AeonianBloom]

which is why they won

[@imagmahd7307]

Just untrue

[@noli19]

Niko holding the L sign made my day

[@SkinnyEMedia]

Wish the smaller parties much luck, particularly the Greens even if their vote count was petite. The Tories have no one to blame but themselves on their loss.

[@Endeva09]

Faster your sestbelts folks.

[@Jack-hv3uj]

Rather than other parties shitting on each other, and causing unnecessary divides, why cant they find a way to work together? Forgive my ignorance

[@kaiszymonik9837]

im scared , where this guy will take our country !

[@rangersnut]

It has been years of hell under Tories. Good riddance.

[@lambocandles8382]

@@rangersnuttrue, but we’ll likely be praying for a return to those Tory years after Labour get their claws into the country. Taxes will soar, money printing will ramp up and most people will be worse off simply because politicians don’t understand how the economy works.

[@asqq4897]

Winning by default. Just as bad as the Tories 😒

[@realvoicever]

Sunak family has lots other business and he never bothered at all.

[@SpacemanGreg]

Hope and change! Never heard those words from a politician before. Good luck, UK

[@sjla2009]

Thankyou 👋 🇬🇧 🎉😊

[@samallardyce2522]

This is a sad day for Britain 😥🇬🇧

[@CatFluff-pm6qr]

It's a day to celebrate, Tories OUT HAHAHAHAHA👍👋👋👋👋👋

[@captainfrosty31]

Very sad indeed.

[@SarahJones-i2q]

@@captainfrosty31”indeed” is a word used by the rich.

[@SarahJones-i2q]

Your type will be taxed more now 😂👍🏼. Fab

[@captainfrosty31]

@SarahJones-i2q or "indeed" is a word in the dictionary open for all to use. Seems odd to me that just because I am poor I'm not allowed to use the word indeed. What can I say, where I live in the North East ppl leave books in old red telephone boxes for free exchange. I like to read.

[@bowlampar]

Keir Starmer🤓🤓: " Bye-bye Conservative, happy on your honeymoon。 Hello Labor, welcome aboard! "

[@DarrenLambert-yu5pq]

Going to California, smoked my stuff and drank my wine.

[@jamie1128888]

Same policy, just different colour attire and different mask.. nothing to celebrate about..

[@ChaosXOtaku]

We're screwed

[@borisjohnson4894]

14 years of happiness ruined in one night. RIP BRITAIN 🫣

[@machiavelli6996]

Really 😂😂

[@evolassunglasses4673]

Thanks Boris for recored mass replacement migration.

[@Atarahsarai]

Niko is actually the biggest troll 🤣

[@ccchu3954]

Sunak's early Christmas gift to Starmer even as he saw it coming

[@laurawalker6431]

Don’t think it’s about the leaders, it’s about the climate of the country of the UK wanting change!

[@cshah-rk1yu]

Rishi has done his best for this country.now everyone is saying labour labour....ll see what miracle would labour do....immigration...higher taxes.....so more tocome.now Britain is......

[@Mt63232]

Waking up in a real life nightmare?? How much is ge goy to spend decorating number 10

[@robertc-pp8sl]

Sunak has got his way, crash the tories, so Labour rejoin the EU, allow many more migrants into the country, exactly what the Tories wanted

[@mike999721]

More of the same. Look at these people in the background waving their flags embarrassing🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@karmarama9567]

Exactly

[@rhirhi4172]

Power will change hands but nothing will really change - apart from taxes, the taxes will increase thats the only certainty

[@manwingchi9156]

This is when a government concern more other countries business than dealing with our countries problem. 😂😂😂

[@rangersnut]

Farage is like a dodgy used car salesman. Reform is just the Tories with a different name. Ha ha your not getting in. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@reubensher8144]

The GE should have been called much2 earlier. Too much damage done.

[@monkeyboy8424]

Voters probably considered Can't Shapps history of wearing a name badge pretending to be Michael Green and resignation over a tragic bullying scandal - Guardian articles.

[@steslybarreto5496]

Sunak should go on big boss or love Island

[@lordvadertheleftie9703]

Phillips was very lucky to win in Yardley, and I'm a Labour supporter

[@nassermj7671]

Sunak was unimpressive

[@jellykid]

How did he win over a Corbyn lead labour shows how much external input had on labour this time around

[@user-uf2sk7hy2v]

IAM not really surprised that he has gone ,after the comment about making national services in some way conposery.

[@funmix1014]

Starmer is spineless however tories night mare must end.

[@saraneuss4089]

Starmer wont be able to solve the Problem either

[@jacquelinerowe6449]

I Preffer Boris Johnson Then Keir Or Rishi

[@leifandersen2756]

Sunak’s gamble did not work but backfired !

[@sjla2009]

Hmmm he's just a pawn in the game....

[@kingsaf3998]

How can 65% of the voters be relived as they did not vote for labour.

[@user-lt3hl6em3y]

Gross lack of judgement, what did he expect but reading between the lines think he hated the job trying to overcome years of inept idiots squabbling while Rome Burned..🎉🍾🥂

[@JP19455]

Cheers!!!💪🏻❤️❤️❤️💪🏻💐💐💐

[@duncannapier318]

34% of the vote won Labor 63% of parliamentary seats. 34% of the vote is nothing but a 4th place in a normal election anywhere else in the world. 👍🇿🇦

[@m1k3ydan]

Sunak was never good enough and if he had listened to people he could have done better, but glad for any type of change

[@waynefraser6808]

Nothing will change your the same bullshit over and over again just one big play which i Look down on ,jokers

[@scouseaussie1638]

I agree same shyt just different colour

[@skateboard12344]

NOT NIKO OMILANA HOLDING A MASSIVE L AT THE BACK