PM makes announcement to sound of song synonymous with Labour’s 1997 election landslide
Rishi Sunak has finally ripped the plaster off and called a general election. He must have thought things can only get better? Sadly for him, it appeared they could only get wetter.
The prime minister announced his decision to call a general election on 4 July in the driving rain and with the sound of the song Things Can Only Get Better, synonymous with Labour’s 1997 election landslide, blaring from a boombox in the background. The anti-Brexit campaigner Steve Bray, whose longstanding protest outside parliament has been the backing track to many a political TV interview, is thought to have been the culprit.
Continue reading…PM makes announcement to sound of song synonymous with Labour’s 1997 election landslideRishi Sunak has finally ripped the plaster off and called a general election. He must have thought things can only get better? Sadly for him, it appeared they could only get wetter.The prime minister announced his decision to call a general election on 4 July in the driving rain and with the sound of the song Things Can Only Get Better, synonymous with Labour’s 1997 election landslide, blaring from a boombox in the background. The anti-Brexit campaigner Steve Bray, whose longstanding protest outside parliament has been the backing track to many a political TV interview, is thought to have been the culprit. Continue reading…