Rishi Sunak lights candles in Downing Street to mark Diwali

Rishi Sunak lights candles in Downing Street to mark Diwali. The Prime Minister was joined by his wife and daughters to celebrate the Hindu Festival of Lights on Sunday.

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[Besttviralshorts]

Wow what a sight Happy diwali everyone 🙏🙏

[JayneCooney-ymkp]

In counting the days he knows he's done

[johnwelsh]

More like a Wake for himself and his government.

[revbuddhivisuddhi]

It looks more India than UK, I take my hat off to native British people. who are very tolerent...
Perhaps Sunak could have been little more discreet ... May be not... I do not understand sentiments of native Brits maybe I am not very liberal

[StanClarkston]

Where were his grandparents during the The Blitz?

[poplife]

Wow the optics are performing a pagan indian ritual outside no.10 while Crueller summons the brown shirts about spring time for H....🎉

[barrygriffiths]

Discusting to watch a hindu in no 10 the fall of the uk 😢

[sunshine-jnkl]

What 😮 am i seeing from 10 downing street comes out indian family ? Which country is this ...i don't support sunak to be priminster of uk .NO NO NO 👎

[Sage-Em]

Could they not have done this privately