‘Goodwill on all sides’: transfer of UK power the antithesis of last US election

‘Goodwill on all sides’: transfer of UK power the antithesis of last US election

Donald Trump refused to concede and incited riots, but Rishi Sunak conducted himself with civility and respect

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“Today power will change hands in a peaceful and orderly manner, with goodwill on all sides,” a gracious Rishi Sunak declared in the small hours of Friday morning as he acknowledged his resounding defeat to Labour’s Keir Starmer.

That may have sounded like a statement of the obvious, given the transition from one British prime minister to the next was certain once the early results had come in, but it stands in sharp contrast to the last US election.

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