As President-elect Joe Biden prepares a nation-wide broadcast ahead of his victory, Saturday night, former and current world leaders have started congratulating him on his hard won victory. Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria, Prime Ministers from the United Kingdom, Ireland, Scotland, Canada and UK Labour Leader have taken the lead by writing and tweeting messages
Boris Johnson
@BorisJohnson
Justin Trudeau
@JustinTrudeau
Congratulations, @JoeBiden and @KamalaHarris. Our two countries are close friends, partners, and allies. We share a relationship that’s unique on the world stage. I’m really looking forward to working together and building on that with you both.
Micheál Martin
@MichealMartinTD
I want to congratulate the new President Elect of the USA @JoeBiden Joe Biden has been a true friend of this nation throughout his life and I look forward to working with him in the years ahead. I also look
forward to welcoming him back home when the circumstances allow!
Keir Starmer
@Keir_Starmer
And I want to congratulate @KamalaHarris on being elected Vice-President, the first woman of colour to take that role.
Keir Starmer
@Keir_Starmer
Their victory is one for hope and unity over dishonesty and division. Millions of Americans of all backgrounds and ages have come together to vote for a better, more optimistic future.
Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon tweeted: “Congratulations from Scotland to President-Elect Joe Biden and the history-making Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris.”
UK Labour party and opposition leader Keir Starmer said Biden had run a campaign on “the values that we in the United Kingdom share – decency, integrity, compassion and strength”
