“Drowned And Out” Rishi Sunak Drenched In The Rain While Announcing General Election

A sodden Rishi Sunak had to battle both the rain and the sounds of New Labour anthem Things Can Only Get Better being blasted from beyond the Downing Street gates, as he called a July general election.
Talk’s Kevin O’Sullivan reacts to the shock announcement with presenter Peter Cardwell and international editor Isabel Oakeshott.
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[@OCONNER-oj3xg]

He’s making the rain wet..what a drip 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@stephenodonnell619]

It is 10 Drowning st.

[@user-nz3mv6yv6k]

What a plank!

[@hawnyfox3411]

* Replace the "L" & "N" with an "I" & you'll see HE DOESN'T REPRESENT US He couldn't give 2 Fuqx - He's on a 767 to the USA on 5th July And ( thankfully ) = HE WON'T BE COMING BACK = Hallelujah Un-united Kingdom's WORST Prime Minister of all time, plus, unelected Good Riddance.... But Starmer could be worse - Oh Dear God Help Us

[@sirbarringtonwomblembe4098]

Wooden you know it!

[@SpartasEdge]

The fact they couldn't organise a simple rain cover, says everything about the lack of planning and organisation of the Conservative party of late.

[@SpartasEdge]

@@olivernorton6571 He's definitely wet alright 😁

[@lawgirl2007]

Of late? You mean always lol.

[@pebbleman721]

14 years isn't really "of late", isn't it

[@SpartasEdge]

@pebbleman721 I never said they were bad their entire term did i? I said exactly what I meant to say.

[@SpartasEdge]

@lawgirl2007 No,i didn't mean that, i meant what i said.

[@heidimueller1039]

As a Canadian, at first I was wondering if he was wearing a strange, sparkly suit, then realized he was actually being soaked in the rain! Huh?

[@krishrajah]

Hopefully his “pal” in Ottawa will follow suit.

[@daveyjuice7710]

No no you got a point in the 80s there was a shiny jacket slub suit phase .

[@sfactory8253]

Trudeaus face would have run.

[@junosaxon4370]

It's a cartoon image of Sunak that will live on.

[@andreaspetrou9296]

😂

[@binky1612]

Let me run the country, I couldn't do any worse

[@mrwoodward273]

Just clicked the 👍👍, and I know nothing about you - just goes to show how bad a state this country is in. @binky1612 for PM.

[@nemosays6337]

I think I would make a very benevolent dictator myself; I vote for me!😁

[@Midland_Wolf_71]

Go back to bed Boris, you had your chance

[@cornishhh]

You probably know that an umbrella stops you getting wet when it's raining..

[@mrwoodward273]

@@cornishhh I think that's a massive assumption of our political class's mental acuity

[@Theforestbandit]

He was a Drip from day one . Vote Reform UK its our last chance to get Britain Great Again .

[@johnscotcher9753]

That is even funnier!

[@dirtycitydisco]

Still trotting out the Reform line despite their results in the locals; how sad. I've got twice as many recycling bins than the amount of councillors Reform saw elected in the 2024 local elections.

[@ralalbatross]

Ah shut up and be quiet you grifter victim

[@allanfoster5418]

Well said Reform party the way forward. Sunak 🤡 + Starmer 🤡

[@Patrick-vh5nr]

Reform are a false hope

[@mariewalmsley6143]

He's a drip so it suits him.

[@davidharwood9552]

They say drips don’t get wet 💦

[@Fulkumnuts]

I like the punt 😂😊

[@alanglasgowbassist]

Maybe he’s had a sneak preview of tomorrow’s immigration figures 😂😂!!

[@imbonkers3629]

Definitely knows the number and illegals 37% rise 😮so he knows it’s over

[@tony40400]

Sunak is so used to lying, thats all he can do now. How can you tell when Sunak lies......is mouth is open....never more a true word.

[@eliakimjosephsophia4542]

That's what I think too.

[@CM-rp1xg]

I am a lifelong Tory voter but I’ve had enough. This time I’m voting for Reform

[@Patrick-vh5nr]

Reform are no different

[@coolhand1966]

@@Patrick-vh5nr who are you voting for?

[@foundpat]

I understand a vote for reform but the reality is this will just be a lost vote as the tories will say at least it's not a vote for our biggest rivals

[@andyknowles772]

😂😂 remember when reform Ltd were trading as the brexit party Ltd and ripped off their supporters for thousands of pounds?

[@rgsnr8702]

I would only say the voters told conservative MP'S what they wanted them to do ,they failed to do it ,not sure why those same voters will now vote for labour who's policies are the very opposite to what they asked conservatives to do ,labour will make things worse when logic would say those same voters would now vote for a party that would implement the policies conservatives failed to do

[@user-ks5dv4ds5l]

He is running scared

[@RichardEnglander]

Rishi called it early because he's worried ReformUK will gain more votes, and then he knows there will be loads of boat people throughout the summer. Zero votes! Zero votes! Zero votes!

[@melgrant7404]

He had no choice imo but to call it before the potential problems arose.

[@amandahudson2038]

You mean he is worried he will shrink after this drenching.

[@tonybroderick4808]

The wally without a brolly.

[@kevinkinch914]

He has had an offer from california start in september

[@krishrajah]

Yes Innova needs a new treasurer 😂

[@sfactory8253]

And the girls start school then too.

[@humptydumpty9177]

There's a disaster coming and he wants out before it arrives.

[@andyknowles772]

Yep, brexit is really going to bite in the next year. Thank god Starmer wll take us back in to EU alignment.

[@humptydumpty9177]

@@andyknowles772 Yeah, I can't wait to see how Labour's far left deal with the EU's hard, far right! 🤣

[@maxdamage8435]

@@andyknowles772

[@andyknowles772]

@@maxdamage8435 80% of the population under 40 want to rejoin it seems. No political party can afford to ignore such strong will of the people.

[@britastertern-gill4961]

He couldn’t care less about Great Britain. Tim for the nation yo come together in prayer and fight for Britain on our knees 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@tonyhancock8479]

Didn't think you lot approved of kneeling.

[@alanglasgowbassist]

Reform for me

[@AlthafMhm]

He didn't even have an umbrella.(He couldn't anticipate rain in UK ? ) He is talking about having a plan for the whole country! Unbelievable. 😅

[@oojimmyflip]

As he turned around and walked away it was nice to see the back of him. Nigel has already stated on GB News he will think about it overnight.

[@maxdamage8435]

Getting bored with Farage's 'will l won't l ' BS thinking he's going to abandon the UK after all he's said in favour of the US dollar

[@grahamogden70]

Vote Reform.

[@craig1538]

I think a lot of us will luv.

[@adoremus4014]

"Drowned rat" takes on a whole new meaning 🤣🤣🤣

[@melgrant7404]

Roland.

[@ColinCorbin-sg7su]

Raindrops keep falling on my head and now it seems I'm really dead adios amigos I didn't just screw the public I screwed myself this time 😲😲😰😰🤕🤕🤡🤡

[@Spaceman-jk5fb]

Maybe they should have played a song by Wet Wet Wet 😂

[@phillipcarter8045]

Love is all around ❤💕💕

[@bobbailey7024]

@@phillipcarter8045 Listen to the rhythm of the falling rain

[@melgrant7404]

Bucket of water song from tiswas

[@leehenry5764]

They played "Things can only get better😂

[@user-mn4yd7ds9b]

Things can only get wetter drip drip drip

[@MollyMarine]

He looks ridiculous and the music in the background made it feel like a circus

[@peterdockerty8077]

Loving the sheepish look on Isabel’s face almost like she can’t keep a straight face

[@Midland_Wolf_71]

She couldn’t stand up straight…. Vile.

[@noellelenihan4124]

Why haven’t anyone have the common sense to come out from number 10 with a umbrella ☔️ 😂

[@tedthesailor172]

My guess is that they saw him blunder out into the pouring rain and just said, `If he hasn't the brains to take one himself then let the idiot get soaked...'

[@wyavia]

An umbrella may have actually made it worse. As a certain England football manage found out when the next day’s tabloid headline was ‘the Wally with the Brolly’.

[@grahamadams936]

That wasn't rain it was Sir Keir taking aim from an upstairs window.

[@FinlayMacintyre-ti9li]

This is worse than Neil Kinnock falling in the sea

[@sfactory8253]

We're allllriiiight !

[@sirbarringtonwomblembe4098]

​@@sfactory8253WELL allllriiiight!

[@jamiebensson6024]

Pension. Protection. Plan. = mass migration 🤷🏻‍♂️😩🤬

[@barryhill1044]

Ah But it is not sustainable just as any Ponzi scheme comes a real cropper !

[@vinlennox7658]

You're actually on to something. We have had low birth rates in western world for decades. Modern western culture is anti natal to say the least. Generations of our native populations are getting smaller all the time. In fact the UK would be in worse shape by far if it wasn't for all the immigration. And yes there are challenges integrating completely different cultures. . But.... We better make i work because it's baked in. We made it this way!

[@daisydavis6568]

DRIPS don't get wet🤣

[@casanova2232]

They couldn't even organise a rain coat for the Prime Minister..he sure wasn't singing in the rain..😂

[@rebeccawoods2481]

As a lifetime Tory voter since 1979 at every GE, I hate the jug-eared backstabber and the other rejected, pro-EU appointees Hunt and Cameron. I won't be voting Tory again, but no other mainstream party will see my vote either.

[@SOCKYWOK]

This is why people like Sadiq khan become mayor of London on 17% of vote because people like you abstain if you conservative you need to vote reform

[@rebeccawoods2481]

@SOCKYWOK It's fools like you that vote for the allegedly 'least worst option' that has allowed the Tories to become Lib Dems in Tory clothing. Grow up kid.

[@patbuckley4039]

Politics is under orders of global corporations, as WEF have stated, they have infiltrated most governments, all main parties are WEF and all will follow orders, they are put in place, voting is just panto to make people believe they have a say - they don't.

[@Andrew-tx9jy]

@@SOCKYWOK Or go the whole hog and vote nazi.

[@lizeggar2421]

Vote REFORM UK.

[@jameskirk578]

Rishi's hair appears waterproof..

[@llamudos9809]

Lets face it Sunak and the rest of the establishment need to realise the game is up. Reform UK will do very well!

[@GPR111]

No they wont, an even worse circus show in the making.....

[@peterdelmonte9832]

A few minutes search on multimillionnaire egotistical ultra right sociopath Richard hyphenated Tice should dissuade any reasonably minded voter of his driving forces. Every one self centred and with no aim of steering even more wealth into the pockets of his ultra rich mates. Please give him no more credence than the similarly amoral group we’ve had for the last 14 years.

[@beachcomber1able]

Does doing OK, in your tortured imagination, equate to winning zero seats in a general election. 🤔

[@lj6079]

Reform do not stand a chance.

[@richardjagger6920]

I cannot work for labour because they never told us what they stand for.

[@DavidTurner-cn1xj]

What do the Tory's stand for

[@julieclonan2427]

Same as Liebour. ​@@DavidTurner-cn1xj

[@dextercool]

Did you listen to any of Starmer’s speeches?

[@tracychallinor5241]

He won't be getting my vote😡 I'll be voting reform

[@JonnyWard-kg4vu]

He won't be getting my vote either. I'll be voting Labour.

[@Patrick-vh5nr]

Reform have the same mindset on everything that we criticise the Tory’s for.

[@coolhand1966]

@@Patrick-vh5nr rubbish

[@nicoladavies-ev9iu]

He doesn’t want your vote, he’s off to the USA.ASAP.

[@LabRat003]

I’ll be voting Reform, Labour will absolutely sink our democracy with foreign policies.. our British democracy is in danger.

[@jimoconnor2594]

Reform Party for me at the next general election

[@katebemb8900]

And me

[@jasoncooper9391]

Slippery eel sunak 😂😂😂

[@MackemdownsouthF.T.M]

A suit worth 5k....u must be kidding His trousers have elastic waists

[@cornishhh]

Children's clothes aren't that expensive.

[@rockerjim8045]

@@cornishhhand VAT free

[@kathallen1972]

I won’t vote Labour but I’ll vote Reform

[@andyknowles772]

It will have the aame effect 😂😂

[@anneheard9381]

Nigel said he was sleeping on it!!! Interesting

[@LordWalsallian]

He won’t run…why would he? It’ll not benefit him in any way. He never planned on standing, it’s all for attention. Farage is out and people need to accept it.

[@SpartasEdge]

Ironically, it was supremely symbolic of how wet The Conservatives and Sunak have been.

[@mambajoopa]

More people didn't bother to vote than voted for Khan. More people didn't bother to vote than voted for Galloway. More people didn't bother to vote than voted for the Tories at the last general election. Do you see a pattern? Think about it after the next election when you spend the following 5 years crying in your beer. More people don't bother to vote than vote for any single party... Just let that sink in.. The "clever people" will tell you that voting makes no difference Are you feeling clever yet? Vote for anyone but the main parties, if no other party is standing spoil your ballot paper. Not voting is not a protest, all that achieves is to help these useless politicians stay in power with minimal votes. Labour/Tories makes no difference which one wins, the real power lies with the civil service which never changes. None of the main parties will put them back in their box. Liz truss said she wanted to sort out the civil service and she didn't last long. Sunak had already destroyed the economy so don't listen to all the bullshit coming from the establishment. They are all a waste of space, but why help them to sit in their seats for years on end taking the money? Vote for anyone else and take away their cushy jobs. Not voting is just rewarding them. Cue the trolls 🤪

[@maxdamage8435]

Wow, that bile took a lot of thought 🤣

[@mambajoopa]

⬆️ first ⬆️

[@jeancollins2009]

Who through a bucket of water over him ? C'mon, own up.

[@ColinCorbin-sg7su]

There is an house in downing Street they call the rising sun it's been a ruin of many of men and sonak he is one is mother was a tailor who sawed is old levies is father was a gambling Man down at number 10 Roger out 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗😁😁😁😁

[@3ddieLowFilth5layer]

MSM reporting that Sunak was inventive with the truth, wet and incredibly boring… … business as usual then 🤷‍♂️

[@SpartasEdge]

12:16 There is only one party i can vote for who i feel represents the UK's and my interests, and that's the Reform party; they have my vote all the way.

[@altv3766]

How can you have confidence in someone to run a country in such dangerous times without the sense to hold an umbrella?

[@radioweebdx7680]

Ah you see it normally doesn't rain in India 😂

[@andyetheridge]

looking at Drippy, I can’t imagine him asking the missus to flip over!😂

[@binky1612]

Am I the only person who thinks Sunak sounds like Blair?

[@andyetheridge]

two cheeks of the same arse.

[@cnursery]

No, you are not. Close your eyes and he sounds just like Blair. I call him (among other things) "Blair Lite".

[@Patrick-vh5nr]

Only in tone of voice. Rishi is a puppet, Tony is a puppeteer. Very different indeed.

[@jsd8981]

The final flush...

[@bobbailey7024]

What a drip. I've always said he's a wet wipe. Who am I going to vote for? Reform UK.

[@user-rt1rh9py4v]

An election I understand but why does he think that he should lead the Tories into it, he has no chance. He should resign.

[@tedthesailor172]

When you've driven over a cliff it's a bit late to bail out...

[@ismailahmed4876]

There is no speech left in the sunak, he speaks with forks tongue🔻🤣

[@liahurst8575]

Because the weather is slowly getting better and summer is ahead which means that the boats coming in will increase massively, thus making Rishi's promises a lie.

[@kevincullem7093]

I hope no one votes for any one of them

[@robtheplod]

My god imagine how much his already short trousers are gonna shrink now!!

[@SistorCarrera]

Reform and Isobel is sooo cute

[@angusmacmillan5365]

I'll be voting Reform

[@liahurst8575]

I will be voting Reform too.

[@jimthecaptainsmate3542]

Count me in 👍

[@Patrick-vh5nr]

We need a non Tory clone right wing party. Reform are as left wing as the Tory party are.

[@andyknowles772]

Brilliant! All the more seats for Labourl😂😂😂😂

[@katebemb8900]

Reform for me

[@Patrick-vh5nr]

Zero seats!

[@liahurst8575]

They couldn't even get that right!!

[@iamaslavetonoman911]

Why do it outside in the rain what was wrong with the briefing room they spent thousands on during lockdown..or was that just another money spinner..just saying

[@dennism7813]

Lied to by Labour and conned by Conservatives for decades. Vote for Reform. Vote to reform our political system. Vote every single politician out of office. Its your last chance.

[@krishrajah]

Is it easier for a snake to slither in the rain ?

[@1951gramps]

He thought he'd look like some hero, "braving the raging storms to rescue his subjects from adversity"😂😂😂

[@stevenkillington5041]

The more thst vote reform who knows how it will turn out

[@beverley6140]

So that's the best the PM could do. Stand in the pouring rain, looking bedraggled. Plonker.

[@jimoconnor2594]

Standing in the rain and still telling LIES

[@TheForkhandles]

It doesn't matter to me what the weather was like, I never had any intention of voting for any of them anyway.

[@susanturnbull8310]

Then you can't complain about the next gov. Can you!

[@Greenpoloboy3]

Can't name one thing he has improved in this country

[@NotoriousGremio]

Things will only get wetter 🌧️🤣

[@msirma0077]

He might spend £5000 on a bespoke suit, but he still looks like he aspires to be like a cross between Lee Evans and Norman Wisdom.

[@bigglestornado3882]

REFORM all the way. What's the worse that could happen given the alternative

[@patbuckley4039]

There are no alternatives, UK is run by global corporations, politics is just panto to keep people chattering and distracted.

[@alanwilliams9310]

We all have to vote Reform UK.

[@leesunited3327]

Lets shake up the political word.....LETS ALL VOTE REFORM!!!! Its time for change.

[@hermannvdmerwe1375]

its all prophetic! a good sight too see.

[@colinpumpernickel2605]

I fear a Labour-Liberal coalition. They say cometh the hour cometh the man. I can't think of a time these islands needed a real leader more.

[@sfactory8253]

No way that's happening.

[@jasoncooper9391]

Tick Tock Tories

[@nightowl5395]

I think it was the combination of making the announcement whilst standing in the rain, together with the protestors playing the Labour campaign song in the background 'Things can only get better' 🙄 (that was annoying actually because it was really distracting, which was presumably the idea) Someone should have suggested he was filmed inside Number 10 instead;. but that will be the lasting image, of course, to start off his campaign... 😬

[@stuartsmith8482]

Do u think his MPS were going to Graham Brady with no confidence letters and that's why he called the GE.

[@jimthecaptainsmate3542]

Reform or bust for UK now.

[@daveyjuice7710]

Like a drip in a dry bucket as the man said. And the alternative is like a cardboard cut out in a box of boxes.

[@serenityabound5052]

I’m voting Reform 😊

[@danfrost3043]

Now is the time for Reform to get out there and start doorknocking.

[@jeanrees5885]

What a shambles vote reform

[@tomcat7661]

Reform UK

[@catherinemartin6258]

It just sums up the Tory party for the last 14 years

[@vinparaffin6082]

The 'blood/postmaster/immigration/covid claims etc etc' messes baton WILL be handed to Labour!!

[@MLOW478]

Reform all the way!

[@petastevens5000]

We may not be able to prevent Labour from winning the election but if everyone, who doesn’t want either of the two main parties, voted for Reform UK, our numbers alone would make it undisputedly clear what pledges and actions the British public want from our government. Don’t waste your vote, vote Reform UK!

[@dannywest7587]

Last minute is an understatement.

[@russ623]

The optics are extremely poor. Just who on earth is advising Sunak? The calibre of our politicians and so called advisors must be questioned. Bunch of amateurs!

[@SOCKYWOK]

Was Conservative all my life I will never vote Labour so Reform all the way for me now I WANT MY COUNTRY BACK

[@marksimons8861]

Tough m8. You can't have it! The Brexiteers threw it away backing 2016. If you're young, get out now.

[@eliakimjosephsophia4542]

The Tories have never stepped onto my doorstep.

[@chathamdogend4461]

Please Labour supporters, VOTE REFORM.

[@richardmerriman4347]

Why would I do that ,just keep the Tories in power.

[@chathamdogend4461]

@@richardmerriman4347 I am hoping both Tory and Labour voters will vote Reform. The two party system needs a shakeup.

[@craig1538]

@@chathamdogend4461 Brilliant. I haven't voted for twenty years but I'm seriously thinking about voting Reform this time.

[@Andrew-tx9jy]

Anyone else think Titchy looked like a wet lettuce yesterday? The man who lost to a woman who lost to a lettuce has become a wet lettuce.🤣🤣😂😂🤣🤣

[@ruthymccabe]

Something something...perfect visual metaphor...something something....

[@jackdaniels71759]

Atlast he calls the election in the pouring rain the little drip !

[@julieclonan2427]

We had Bambi Bliar, Now Little Orphan Annie .

[@vicicooper4720]

Running scared of Farage.

[@fabienmerteuil6226]

I knew it had to be called before the planes crashed in Rwanda😂

[@mikeytiernan7802]

🤣😂🤣😂 flushed away.

[@maxdamage8435]

Washed out and washed up since day one, only EVER in in for himself, despicable the damage that he and others have done to the UK.