Rishi Sunak announces UK general election to be held on 4 July

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  • Опубликовано: 21 май 2024
  • After a day full of speculation Rishi Sunak has announced the UK will be holding elections on 4 July.
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    The prime minister stood outside No 10, his suit getting increasingly wet in steady rain, and promised the electorate he would 'fight for every vote', while in the background Things Can Only Get Better by D:Ream could be heard being played nearby
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Комментарии • 309

  • @guardiannews
    @guardiannews  28 дней назад +12

    UK general election opinion poll tracker: Labour leading as election looms ► www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-interactive/2024/may/20/uk-general-election-opinion-poll-tracker-latest-labour-tories

  • @AlexTheNerd
    @AlexTheNerd 28 дней назад +597

    Things can only get better playing in the background is hillarious.

  • @lenduckworth99
    @lenduckworth99 28 дней назад +385

    The person who got the speaker going is a total legend

    • @chrstnldg6652
      @chrstnldg6652 28 дней назад +17

      Steve Bray I believe

    • @GavinGas
      @GavinGas 27 дней назад +4

      Liz Truss

    • @TheTwosliceToaster
      @TheTwosliceToaster 27 дней назад +3

      The police (aka government henchmen) have now banned him from going near Westminster.

    • @daveeol1987
      @daveeol1987 20 дней назад

      That fool lives there complaining about brexit

  • @seanCNC23
    @seanCNC23 28 дней назад +129

    'My opponent has no plan' says man stood in rain with no umbrella

    • @saqibmunir7609
      @saqibmunir7609 21 день назад +2

      To be fair he did take the bold action of coming out with no umbrella 😅

  • @philipmolyneux3676
    @philipmolyneux3676 28 дней назад +190

    You had 14 years to build growth you failed month on month.

    • @joelonsdale
      @joelonsdale 28 дней назад +5

      And yet somehow retained power - astonishing!

    • @silentstormstudio4782
      @silentstormstudio4782 28 дней назад

      Let's see how the next pm handels is 😆😆, remember it's a global slowdown

    • @bluebluesky3170
      @bluebluesky3170 28 дней назад +4

      ​@@silentstormstudio4782let's hope the next Pm can spell better than you...

    • @hiraldosternflyer7112
      @hiraldosternflyer7112 28 дней назад +3

      @@silentstormstudio4782 What are you smoking, bud?

    • @johnnyj2066
      @johnnyj2066 21 день назад

      14 years? You mean 14 months.

  • @clj.4874
    @clj.4874 28 дней назад +201

    ​​no umbrella totally soaked and music blasting out things can only get better. Chance for the public to get rid of this circus once and for all

    • @wellingsrob4
      @wellingsrob4 28 дней назад +1

      And vote for who?

    • @michaelrch
      @michaelrch 28 дней назад +3

      Unfortunately in this neoliberal capitalist system, the alternative will change nothing.
      You get a vote. You just don't get a choice.

    • @sonyasmith1991
      @sonyasmith1991 28 дней назад

      @@wellingsrob4 Exactly!

    • @sonyasmith1991
      @sonyasmith1991 28 дней назад

      @@michaelrch It's pointless!

    • @clj.4874
      @clj.4874 28 дней назад +1

      @@michaelrch things can only get better lol.

  • @carlosifer
    @carlosifer 28 дней назад +131

    Even the weather has given up on Sunak 😂

  • @philiptebbs8945
    @philiptebbs8945 28 дней назад +163

    Whoever played Things Can Only Get Better deserves a hatful of medals!!! 😂😂😂😂

  • @madebymonkeys5641
    @madebymonkeys5641 28 дней назад +38

    Sunak's PR and immage consultants are as unless as he is.
    1. Pick a sunny day.
    2. Have a decent speech ready.
    3. Secure the area so you dont get upstaged by a dude with a boom box.
    4. Don't be a drip...... not hard, is it.

  • @roughchippy
    @roughchippy 28 дней назад +45

    Absolute, ABSOLUTE genius who played "things can only get better"..... should have followed it with "I'm outta touch, im outta time " by Hall and Oates 😂😂😂

    • @Planck944
      @Planck944 27 дней назад +1

      It’s Steve

    • @Rebecca_Bailey
      @Rebecca_Bailey 27 дней назад +1

      And ‘why does it always rain on me’

  • @Keeva-
    @Keeva- 28 дней назад +77

    Proud of what they've achieved? Like targeting the seriously ill and disabled you mean? Yeah, I guess that is the kind of thing the tories would be proud off.

    • @GavinGas
      @GavinGas 27 дней назад

      It's not Rishi's fault he's a multi millionaire

  • @BeaIEngio
    @BeaIEngio 28 дней назад +58

    Omg the soundtrack is perfect, just perfect.

    • @sean2520
      @sean2520 27 дней назад

      A little too perfect don't you think?

  • @Jesusofsuburbia768
    @Jesusofsuburbia768 28 дней назад +28

    It's high time the horrendous conservatives were out of power

  • @7thADSitoshi
    @7thADSitoshi 28 дней назад +55

    Tell you what. Pay a better tax rate then 0.4 percent on your £120m earnings this year would go a long way to restoring trust...

  • @acemcloude
    @acemcloude 28 дней назад +37

    Rather than say what they can do, he bashes the opposition

    • @youjustreadthis897
      @youjustreadthis897 28 дней назад

      Same as the PM QA's recently. Never answered the oppositions questions and always deflected, quite often bringing up the Gaza matter on questions that were completely not related

    • @emmsue1053
      @emmsue1053 28 дней назад +1

      Bit like Starmaa the best buddy of Savile.. I wont vote for either.

    • @RoyalBlood23
      @RoyalBlood23 28 дней назад

      Typical toxic trait

    • @ivorsmith3999
      @ivorsmith3999 28 дней назад

      Yep, turning an election date announcement into a party political broadcast. But nothing he does or says surprises me any more.

    • @TalesOfWar
      @TalesOfWar 14 часов назад

      @@emmsue1053 You do know that claim by Boris was yet another one of his many, many, many lies, right?

  • @joannemallinson529
    @joannemallinson529 28 дней назад +38

    This is perfect timing for that to blast out, well done those people, best TV I've seen In ages!! 👌😂🎵🎶

  • @TheBarneyCard
    @TheBarneyCard 28 дней назад +54

    Whoever is on the decks deserves a knighthood.

  • @JK-pe6ft
    @JK-pe6ft 28 дней назад +18

    Back to square one looks very appealing now after 14 years of Tory failure. If only it were that easy to undo the damage to our public services, the environment, our rights and freedoms, and our access to the EU.

  • @Budanevey
    @Budanevey 28 дней назад +37

    July 5th snake on a plane...

  • @stuartlawson7977
    @stuartlawson7977 28 дней назад +22

    No one is better off after 14years except a Tory.

    • @Twy87
      @Twy87 28 дней назад

      Not true! The Tory Party's donors have made an absolute Barry Mint from syphoning tax-payers' money out of the public purse.

  • @peacekeeperjfsr
    @peacekeeperjfsr 28 дней назад +23

    Made 653 mill profit earnings , most rich and spoilt pm

    • @hkeenan1000
      @hkeenan1000 28 дней назад +2

      I heard he's richer than the king!!

    • @HarryWasp-ko5kx
      @HarryWasp-ko5kx 28 дней назад +1

      Not quite: their combined net worth is £651M, as a result of a £120M increase in their wealth in the past year. It’s still absolutely disgusting, so there’s no need to inflate the numbers.

    • @GavinGas
      @GavinGas 27 дней назад

      ​@@hkeenan1000Isn't Charlie a billionaire?

  • @stuartlawson7977
    @stuartlawson7977 28 дней назад +26

    Things could only get wetter. 😂

    • @GavinGas
      @GavinGas 27 дней назад +1

      Probably the hundredth person to post that. Still funny, though

  • @AJRICE-cu9bb
    @AJRICE-cu9bb 27 дней назад +5

    The man is completely disillusioned; he has no idea how bad Britain has become, thanks to the Tories!

  • @bfolks2250
    @bfolks2250 28 дней назад +36

    I am feeling soooo bad for this expensive suit 😂

    • @kieranowen8662
      @kieranowen8662 28 дней назад +14

      It's a child's size so it's cheaper than a grown adults

    • @JamesSmith-pm2iw
      @JamesSmith-pm2iw 28 дней назад

      I hate sunak too, but commenting on his height and stature, something he couldn't control. That isn't very productive is it? ​@@kieranowen8662

    • @Liverpool1ne
      @Liverpool1ne 28 дней назад +3

      @@kieranowen8662 Playmobil prime minister 😂

    • @spazticus1976
      @spazticus1976 28 дней назад +3

      ​@@Liverpool1nehe has regular human sized ears though.

    • @ivorsmith3999
      @ivorsmith3999 28 дней назад +2

      Claimed against tax along with its replacement.

  • @vincentblack7011
    @vincentblack7011 28 дней назад +5

    'The progress we have made'
    What freaking planet is he on?

  • @Ditch_Head
    @Ditch_Head 28 дней назад +5

    “Why does it always rain on me……is it because I lied when I opened my mouth” 😂😂😂

    • @Mrpersonman0
      @Mrpersonman0 27 дней назад +1

      Is it because we lied in 2017?

    • @TalesOfWar
      @TalesOfWar 14 часов назад

      Wasn't he 17 when he said he had working class friends?

  • @viviennejohnston1046
    @viviennejohnston1046 27 дней назад +3

    Did nobody think to check the BBC forecast

  • @scopehitmyeye2019
    @scopehitmyeye2019 28 дней назад +3

    Did he think being rained on would make him look tough / a man of the people? Either way, that's all you need to know.

  • @bluceree7312
    @bluceree7312 28 дней назад +14

    Did they run out of brollies at 10 Downing street?

    • @ivorsmith3999
      @ivorsmith3999 28 дней назад

      This was his Angie McDowell in 4 Weddings moment. "Is it raining? I hadn't noticed"

  • @Chris3141592
    @Chris3141592 28 дней назад +9

    His retirement starts on the 5th.

  • @treetops2203
    @treetops2203 28 дней назад +4

    Ummm. 'No plan', 'clear plan'...'bold action'...He's not competent enough to even prepare for..... rain!😢

  • @r4m_lllobie_tlll454
    @r4m_lllobie_tlll454 28 дней назад +2

    Has to read notes shouldn’t have to do that if he was being truthful….

  • @neilchristopher7520
    @neilchristopher7520 27 дней назад +1

    How can you trust a man who can’t trust his own umbrella.

  • @tgirltouhou
    @tgirltouhou 28 дней назад +11

    "on the 5th of july either keir starmer or i will be prime minister" the electoral system sucks

    • @RoyalBlood23
      @RoyalBlood23 28 дней назад

      Exactly. Where’s the options? Common plebs vote for us two so it appears like a democratic society . You CHOSE us 😊

    • @TalesOfWar
      @TalesOfWar 14 часов назад

      @@RoyalBlood23 Only the people in the party leaders constituency will vote for the PM. The rest of us will vote for our local MP and then whoever wins the most seats forms a government and their party leader becomes Prime Minister. But you know it worked like that, right?

  • @Ser_VD
    @Ser_VD 28 дней назад +4

    That turn around at the end of the speech tho.... like what, he was trying to make it epic or something, was weird.

    • @RoyalBlood23
      @RoyalBlood23 28 дней назад +2

      🎉I noticed to. Bless him

    • @tinachristine4573
      @tinachristine4573 27 дней назад

      😂😂😂😂 I hadn't looked at that 🤦🏽‍♀️ oh my days

  • @jedisalsohere
    @jedisalsohere 28 дней назад +4

    The one playing the music is Steve Bray, who is better known as the Stop Brexit guy.

  • @2tell99
    @2tell99 28 дней назад +3

    The bold action would be to get an umbrella!😅

  • @ishmaelharris3948
    @ishmaelharris3948 28 дней назад +5

    The funny thing is some people actually believe what he is saying 🤡🤡🤡🤡

    • @Rebecca_Bailey
      @Rebecca_Bailey 27 дней назад

      Not me. I’ve never believed a word that comes out of this man’s mouth

  • @thefontofallgarbage8480
    @thefontofallgarbage8480 28 дней назад +4

    Post the original the music was way louder than the edit here.

  • @Mike_5
    @Mike_5 28 дней назад +4

    Hopefully it is just Rain water and not someone on the roof of Number 10 doing naughty things

  • @BloodSport4All
    @BloodSport4All 28 дней назад +3

    They can't even get the umbrella situation right. Joke of a political party

  • @tealeafandco
    @tealeafandco 27 дней назад +1

    Why not wait for the rain to pass..? or do it the day after.? 🤣

  • @StMarysparishCoatbridge
    @StMarysparishCoatbridge 28 дней назад +38

    The tories should be jailed. Monsters

    • @wellingsrob4
      @wellingsrob4 28 дней назад +2

      What about Blair?

    • @GavinGas
      @GavinGas 27 дней назад +2

      ​@@wellingsrob4he's even worse

    • @wellingsrob4
      @wellingsrob4 27 дней назад

      @@GavinGas Who is? Blair?

    • @daveholly9005
      @daveholly9005 27 дней назад

      @@wellingsrob4 Blair was a turncoat and took us in to an illegal war. The Tories have been far worse. Why would some who has 650m want to run the country? To reduce the ever widening gap between those with un-spendable wealth and those in poverty? The Stable economy that he is talking about protecting is subsidising Amazon and some of the biggest global companies in the world. They take money OUT of our economy. The Tax and NI we pay goes towards keeping their workers alive both with the NHS and "benefits" they need to claim to subsidise their wages. This is not socialist talk. This is crime prevention. We are being robbed.

    • @GavinGas
      @GavinGas 27 дней назад

      @@wellingsrob4 Yeah. Great reform with the Lords, but dreadful for the war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan.

  • @breeze_japanese
    @breeze_japanese 28 дней назад +9

    "Things can only get better" is hilarious and bitter sweet at the same time. The older you get, the more you realise that things rarely tend to get better in politics. Doesn't matter which side you're on. But I agree with the comments here that whoever got that song playing in the background deserves a comedy award.

    • @TalesOfWar
      @TalesOfWar 14 часов назад

      They certainly can get better. They got markedly better after the war with the massive amount of money put into rebuilding (literally and figuratively) the country, in privatising things like the railways, the creation of the NHS (which is arguably the BEST single thing ANY government in all of human history has EVER done for its people). You'll see the pattern of Labour improving things, people getting bored, voting Tory then the Tories breaking everything or selling it off as was the case with Thatcher. Then Labour get in again and fix what they can... but people get bored again then vote Tory. It's a cycle we've seen multiple times.

  • @BucketHatTrick
    @BucketHatTrick 28 дней назад +2

    Why is his jacket so soaked? No umbrella?

  • @MsColl90
    @MsColl90 26 дней назад +1

    Couldn’t organise a p*ssup in a brewery. Literally that is the WORST organised speech possible. A classic 😅

  • @thisandthat1265
    @thisandthat1265 28 дней назад +9

    No to tories no to Labour....its a mess

  • @Dreadwyn
    @Dreadwyn 28 дней назад +1

    Just to say I think I preferred it at square 1… 😅

  • @WilliamRogers-qm8qv
    @WilliamRogers-qm8qv 28 дней назад +2

    Things can only get better!! Thats the first thing they got right.

  • @IGBFB
    @IGBFB 28 дней назад +3

    OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUT

  • @raysmac
    @raysmac 28 дней назад +3

    We had the Lettuce now We have the wet LETTUCE

  • @Melanie_Star
    @Melanie_Star 28 дней назад +2

    "Because... thhhhhhhingggzzzzzz, can only get bettaaaaa!" 🤞🏼🎵💃🏼🎶🤸🏼‍♀️🎵🤞🏼
    Quality people that were ready to troll with that tune 😂

  • @stuartlawson7977
    @stuartlawson7977 28 дней назад +3

    YES !!!!! Time to get rid.

  • @ArenAurelius
    @ArenAurelius 28 дней назад +1

    Things are not going well in western countries. That's the least you can say.

  • @johntthomson7538
    @johntthomson7538 28 дней назад +4

    What a drip

  • @ECECECECEC
    @ECECECECEC 28 дней назад +1

    So incompetent, there’s a press room built for the British weather and it’s soundproof too😂. They couldn’t even organise a brolly.

  • @alex-E7WHU
    @alex-E7WHU 28 дней назад +11

    4th of July.. independence day lol.

  • @rajali9013
    @rajali9013 28 дней назад +3

    It’s about time too

  • @craigm6878
    @craigm6878 27 дней назад +2

    Sunak, slimy when wet, or dry.

  • @hassanpervaiz4214
    @hassanpervaiz4214 28 дней назад +5

    4th July will be day for victory

  • @veryhappybunnykins
    @veryhappybunnykins 28 дней назад +18

    Wishy-Washy Rishi 😂

  • @dawnharcom5817
    @dawnharcom5817 27 дней назад

    Steve Bray deserves a medal, rocking up with his PA system playing "things can only get better!" Genius, hilarious!!!!🤣🤣🤣

  • @sol2746
    @sol2746 28 дней назад +15

    Labour is getting my vote 100%.

    • @techtinkerin
      @techtinkerin 28 дней назад +3

      Me too pal😊

    • @Isisbridge
      @Isisbridge 27 дней назад

      Are you mad? Why not vote Reform?

  • @High_Lord_Of_Terra
    @High_Lord_Of_Terra 28 дней назад +3

    Tories out!

  • @dheerahews8178
    @dheerahews8178 28 дней назад +1

    At last, now he can clock out and rush to the nearest pub, just another boring day in the office to please the boss

  • @fuzielectron5172
    @fuzielectron5172 28 дней назад +2

    Down with the UniParty....

    • @Thesomersetgimp
      @Thesomersetgimp 28 дней назад +1

      And yet we still have people arguing over red & blue.
      The whole system needs to be torn down & we need to start again.
      Total ban on donations & lobbying.
      Total ban on ignoring obvious truths.

  • @Joethisyear
    @Joethisyear 28 дней назад +1

    Things can only get better 😂

  • @ingridthekiwi9571
    @ingridthekiwi9571 28 дней назад +1

    4th July? Independence day!

  • @rikkioke2592
    @rikkioke2592 28 дней назад +1

    Things can only get better 🎉

  • @babylulibys
    @babylulibys 27 дней назад +1

    Sing with me now ".... THINNNNNNGS CAN ONLY GET BETTERRRRRRRRRR.. CAN ONLY GET BETTERRRR😅

  • @carlosifer
    @carlosifer 28 дней назад +1

    I feel sorry for that expensive suit 😂😂😂

    • @Pooky-Cat
      @Pooky-Cat 28 дней назад

      Yeah it might shrink and fit him

  • @ThePosiview
    @ThePosiview 27 дней назад

    He couldn’t even arrange a umbrella. This will go down in the same way Theresa May’s dancing did 🤣🤣

  • @01matthewc
    @01matthewc 28 дней назад

    Why on earth did Sunak not make this announcement inside, given the weather.

  • @ksmith7965
    @ksmith7965 28 дней назад +2

    Independence from the Tories day.

  • @Spacebug111
    @Spacebug111 28 дней назад +1

    I feel sorry for that suit, being worn by rishi sunak

  • @garymoore4392
    @garymoore4392 28 дней назад +1

    Yippie, the light at the end of the tunnel has finally been turned back on

  • @ALIH4SH
    @ALIH4SH 28 дней назад +1

    He has messed everything up wasting tax payers money

  • @detroitmachine1731
    @detroitmachine1731 28 дней назад +3

    vote this thief out NOW

  • @Daniel-ug5rx
    @Daniel-ug5rx 28 дней назад +2

    Economy and education need to be the 2 main reasons for whoever gets in.

    • @Mickparrysstepdad
      @Mickparrysstepdad 28 дней назад

      And the NHS.

    • @Daniel-ug5rx
      @Daniel-ug5rx 28 дней назад

      @@Mickparrysstepdad Yes indeed. But which should be funded by the growth in the economy.

    • @Mickparrysstepdad
      @Mickparrysstepdad 27 дней назад

      @@Daniel-ug5rx It could be funded now.

    • @Daniel-ug5rx
      @Daniel-ug5rx 27 дней назад

      @@Mickparrysstepdad no because Boris the bafoon and sunak blasted it all on furlough when the economy back then was dead.

  • @imrustyokay
    @imrustyokay 28 дней назад

    British general election held for July 4. I love how they chose that day of all days.

  • @user-wn3ky7zq6q
    @user-wn3ky7zq6q 26 дней назад

    The background music don't match the main character

  • @sunnyzc8545
    @sunnyzc8545 28 дней назад +1

    Yeah he's gotta go. Get out of here.

  • @petermutua9838
    @petermutua9838 28 дней назад

    If there ever was a metaphor for Rishi's time in office, this image of him drenched on the steps of 10 Downing Street would be a perfect one.

  • @DH-nq1mu
    @DH-nq1mu 28 дней назад

    “Things can only get better” 😂

  • @shinritee432
    @shinritee432 28 дней назад +2

    things can only get better 😂💃🕺

  • @user-eo7hg4pf8i
    @user-eo7hg4pf8i 27 дней назад +1

    He looks like someone peed on him from the roof of No10!

  • @user-bu9nb8wr6e
    @user-bu9nb8wr6e 28 дней назад +1

    This sums up his time as PM. It's a chaotic poo show with him pi..... on the NHS doctors and nurses who put their lives on the line to save ours. He is as corrupt as they come, and he needs to be investigated for his family businesses getting contracts and him changing policy to suit his father in laws petrochemical business interests. It raining and that song blasting out is karma Sunak, make no mistake.

  • @thisissparta789789
    @thisissparta789789 28 дней назад

    1:07 “On the 5th of July, Keir Starmer will be Prime Minister.” Fixed it for you, Rishi.

  • @themythrighthere9412
    @themythrighthere9412 28 дней назад +1

    Independents Day from the Tories 😂😂😂

  • @belbrighton6479
    @belbrighton6479 28 дней назад +1

    Things can only get better indeed! 🎉

  • @peterfinn1160
    @peterfinn1160 28 дней назад +1

    He's going, going, gone... Off to sunny California to count the millions in their banks. At last!

  • @owenlong2501
    @owenlong2501 28 дней назад +1

    He doesnt need an umbrella because drips dont get wet. they just get bigger.

  • @edshred99
    @edshred99 27 дней назад

    Did he really say 'Leder Leader'?

  • @Sebastian-pc1qf
    @Sebastian-pc1qf 28 дней назад +2

    American independence day?

    • @TalesOfWar
      @TalesOfWar 14 часов назад

      It's when he gets to go back to California. I'm pretty sure at this point he really just wants to call it quits without stepping down and moving on up, moving on out, like Liz did.

  • @Isisbridge
    @Isisbridge 27 дней назад +3

    Please DONATE to buy Rishi a raincoat.

    • @rahuldahoob
      @rahuldahoob 27 дней назад

      Exactly. His missus only has £600million😢

  • @urbananimalz
    @urbananimalz 28 дней назад

    I would have played its raining men as he walked off

  • @CS_____
    @CS_____ 28 дней назад

    so funny that this sounds like an advert for literally anyone other than the tories

    • @TalesOfWar
      @TalesOfWar 14 часов назад

      The last 14 years have been that long advert. Anybody but Farage.

  • @markshepherd4700
    @markshepherd4700 28 дней назад

    😂😂😂 the song things can only get better

  • @SiEllershaw
    @SiEllershaw 28 дней назад +1

    Gold

  • @nadyyyyyk
    @nadyyyyyk 27 дней назад +1

    That was a lame speech.. I didn’t absorb any of it.. too distracted reading comments… says it all.. the end