When will Rishi Sunak resign? Conservative Party face General Election rout

Rishi Sunak has been predicted to resign as Tory leader on Friday morning following a disastrous night for the Conservative Party. The exit poll has indicated a Labour landslide is likely as the Tories are wiped out by Sir Keir Starmer and his MPs.

After the nearly certain projected clean out by the left-wing Labour party this evening, PM Sunak indicated he is ready to accept defeat and resign immediately. The Sunday Times has said Mr Sunak wil likely step down on Friday morning (July 5).

Daniel Finkelstein, the Times columnist and Conservative peer, said a lot of Tories would be “quite relieved” to be the main party of opposition. But he hinted that Nigel Farage may regret his unexpected victory, telling Times Radio: “Interesting that Reform is projected to have 13 seats by tonight, that’ll be a cause of great joy in Reform UK headquarters.

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“But it’s 12 more MPs than Nigel Farage really wants. Because now he’ll have a battle for the steering wheel. And within a year to two years, these 13 MPs won’t look as unbridled a source of joy as it looks right now.” Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg has said no party has a “divine right to votes”.

Tonight he suggested the Tory’s defeat was partly explained by the decision to ditch Boris Johnson. When asked if it was the “original sin” to get rid of Johnson, he told the BBC: “People do vote for a leader. Voters expect the prime minister they have chosen to remain the prime minister and for it to be the voters who decide when that person is changed.

“I think the fundamental problem was that in this election we were treating our base for granted and that is always a problem. Our base was peeling off to Reform and we have no divine right to votes.”