“Most Disastrous Election Announcement EVER!” Rishi Sunak ‘Panicked’ To Call July Election

Talk’s Kevin O’Sullivan is joined by political columnist at The Sun, Trevor Kavanagh, to discuss Rishi Sunak’s shock general election announcement.
Heavy rain poured down on the Prime Minister, who spoke from a lectern outside No 10 without an umbrella as Westminster was hit by heavy downpours.
Mr Sunak, wearing a suit with a light blue tie, became increasingly soaked during the speech - which began at around 5.15pm on Wednesday.
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[@BlueSteel331]

The Tories are finished, they had 14 years of power but they squandered and blew it = bye-bye Mr. Soon-sacked !

[@dahazecraze]

Being a 30 year old with no family when growing up, I had very little help from services due to tories power taking control of youth services, NHS, increasing student fees to a all time high!!

[@PeterPan-oz4sq]

…& Liebor or dems will do much better??? No, the system needs a total overhaul & the only hope for a future is a brand new party for the people??? ✌️🇬🇧

[@ThePixey1000]

And labour will do the same but bankrupt the country at the same time. Then the tories will get back in power coward british votes site on the fence there are more than two parties but people dont have the guts to vote for the others.

[@omission6919]

You could try not to act like a fucking child, hard as that is for you.

[@dahazecraze]

@PeterPan-oz4sq I mean id rather have a labour MP who isn't earning a billion pounds per year with his wife from doing dodgy deal during lockdown and making sure their assest are protected by new laws, yes we need a overhaul but till we step up like France and everyone joins together then it won't happen, we already have people against the country so we won't get the help or support from government's when all these issues keep happening and they keep supporting the wrong ideology like killing dogs but not charging the person such a backwards country at this rate, child labour will be back at this rate

[@rocklover7437]

His Norman Wisdom suit will look even better when it shrinks more

[@louisebrown4622]

Your cruel

[@rockerjim8045]

Lee Evans

[@nickc708]

I can't tell the two parties apart nowadays, but I will be glad to see the back of Sunak and Cameron.

[@manoo422]

They both have the same masters...

[@pauldixon4418]

The socialists have a lord and master, momentum and that disgraceful individual Corbyn. Give it 6 months and you will see the rise of the hard left wing communist elements for Corbyn, Raynor being the instigator.

[@georgedonnellan36]

Indeed

[@davesimpson5702]

Sunak has no political nouse and no charisma or passion for his politics whatsoever

[@jackdaniels71759]

Maybe he thought by standing in the rain he could wash away the stench of tory corruption 😤

[@sheffieldzamo7444]

We voted to leave the EU so we can hold our own government to account for things like immigration. The Tories are going to be held to account and there is literally nothing they can do to stop it. The contempt they have shown their (former) voters is going to be repaid.

[@georgethepatriot2785]

Remainer May made sure there was not a real Brexit

[@deanevans5346]

Obviously a drowning rat.!

[@barrymcguinness2087]

That's a insult to a rat the Tory vermin are now officially in the sewers with the rest of the crap 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@louisebrown4622]

Awful comment

[@tonygreenfield7820]

No just a rat.

[@jspy8138]

Tomorrow's winning headline!

[@SlowhandGreg]

Rwanda is a dead duck and the economy is in the toilet

[@laurenceseale]

The whole country is in the toilet.

[@tenniskinsella7768]

No the economy is better And Rwanda flights are taking off Are y just reading rhe guardian. Vote labour We will really be down the toilet

[@0000dear]

Migrants flocking to Ireland, Rwanda was starting to work

[@michaelcoles7588]

No it wasn’t we had 117 on the 19th and 103 the day before there just absconding quicker, no commercial airline would take them to Rwanda it’s pie in the sky

[@EzraMerr]

It has the highest gdp growth percentage in the world

[@muirislandjim453]

The worst Government in living memory

[@louisebrown4622]

No they are on the way

[@welshlad6427]

Yep but the worst is coming in July.

[@alphabetaxenonzzzcat]

So far - but I think Starmer is about to say : "Hold my beer."

[@aucourant9998]

Boris Johnson's was even worse. And Tony Blair's was even worse still.

[@sjl197]

Sorry, do you lot not remember the riots from the miners and such during the thatcher years?

[@Spaceman-jk5fb]

The boat people will come in June 😢

[@Rtd22375]

Stop the boats was just a soundbite the Tories have stopped nothing apart from telling the truth

[@TheMerlin672]

Just like in January, February, March, April, May, July, August, September, October, November and December.

[@leehenry5764]

They have been coming all year despite what Rishi tells you

[@Grum_P_Oldman]

Newsflash Rishi....the boats are still coming and more of them will come ! Why can't our navy protect our border from these Invaders.

[@taggart8]

“ Sunak’s drowned rat speech inspired no confidence.This is more embarrassing than when King Olaf ordered 20,000 viking helmets with the horns turned inwards.I tell you Baldrick, this country is finished “

[@fusionfan6883]

14 years of so called austerity and the piggy bank is still empty!!!

[@SlowhandGreg]

emptier they added 1.5 trillion to the 800 billion Labour left them

[@aaronmccardie8795]

But they can find 100 plus billion for HS2.

[@Syptah47]

​@@aaronmccardie8795 .. and £160M for Rwanda !

[@JohnAdams-qh4zr]

Their piggy bank will be full though

[@Truthispower701]

Rishi has solved Nigel Farage's dilemma. He can now fight the election for Reform UK and then go to the US to help Donald Trump's election campaign! Probably not a good move Rishi!

[@kbeau9538]

Desperately trying too be a man of the people!

[@Spaceman-jk5fb]

I'm already looking forward to the next Conservative leadership contest in August.

[@user-dx2sb8do4n]

Reform for me and my family we all need a change a positive one I hope

[@georgethepatriot2785]

Vote Tory or Labour the people will lose. We Brits are slowly being done in by our own , They are not on our side . Immigration multiculturalism etc etc . We never voted for any of it

[@maverickkhan2718]

Your country needed people of black and brown origin after the 2nd world war to rebuild itself. They came and worked in mines, mills, drove the buses, moped the floors and wiped the arses of elderly and disabled and now all of a sudden multiculturalism is an issue. Cant have your cake and eat it all the time.

[@stephendalton1648]

Great. Labour government. More woke. More immigration. More national debt.

[@FelixstoweFoamForge]

Have you seen the latest borrowing figures for the current govt? Or the record number of channel crossings so far this year? Or the state of our public services?

[@mjtigerfang]

@@FelixstoweFoamForgeand will be peanuts compared to labour when they’ve already been advised by an advisor of theirs to borrow

[@mjtigerfang]

@@FelixstoweFoamForgeand I would say neither party is fit to govern us

[@jjwebster1]

Klaus Schwarb also resigned from leading the WEF. It wouldn't suprise me if Rishi is in a panic because his boss has left him out hanging high and dry. Couple that with the announcements of some countries recognising Palastine as a country and I'm left wondering if he's suddenly realised how up the creek he is with no paddle.

[@wallacewhybrow2705]

@jjwebster1 Old Klaus is moving to be Chairman of Trustees. Nice little opening for Bliar the war criminal to step in. He's been after the job for years.

[@terryloftus3207]

The WALLY WITHOUT THE BROLLY.

[@You.are.boring.me.now2024]

Will they leave a note for Labour "there is still no money and the credit card is maxed out" ?

[@user-jc4lb5mm7x]

Sunak wants to get back to his rich pals in the USA, he's probably got his private plane booked and ready for the 5th July.

[@rewdwarf123]

Ah, that's why he chose July 4th...

[@heatherperkins9449]

And that is why he has a Green Card.

[@rockerjim8045]

needs to get his kids enrolled in school

[@davidfarrar2454]

His "M" suit, has shrunk into an "S".

[@rockerjim8045]

VAT free for kids

[@ovedj333]

A soggy announcement by a soggy PM. I feel sorry for Rishi: he has tried so hard to fit into British politics, embracing the neoconservative narrative regarding Ukraine, attempting to deal with immigration, both legal and illegal, despite being the son of immigrants himself, a technocratic rather than a charismatic politician. But it hasn’t worked. We know the Conservatives under his leadership will be trounced at the polls. He will be beaten by the Labour Party and their lacklustre leader Starmer. The UK is in deep trouble!

[@bartonseagrave9605]

Sunak is laughing, he is rich. He does not care, he never did.

[@rockerjim8045]

he levelled up Tunbridge Wells

[@everest9707]

Nigel has already declared that he won't be leading Reform, and wishes them well. I will still vote for Reform as any voice that they have in parliament will be important. Both main parties are realising that Reform can be a force to reckon with, and will hopefully start to listen to the people. For anyone concerned about the stability of the country, note that the country is run by civil servants, so UK plc will continue as normal. What we need is both main parties seeing Reform biting at their heels, and starting to listen to the people and tackle mass migration and forced multiculturalism. Vote Reform UK.

[@Awakenotwoke-lf3ej]

Good luck Englandstan 👍

[@dirtycitydisco]

Stan = land. You posted Englandland; utter numpty.

[@MrDanbowz]

The economy is fragile at best after 14 years of incompetence. If you think Labour would be delighted to inherit this type of economy then your delusional.

[@geslik_1559]

Rishi increased his fortune just in one year by 125mln...i think he got enough..he will be raking even more if he goes. Why would these people care. All of them are the same.All of them..None of them will stop the boats or change anything..dont be naive.

[@andrewelder8212]

Short comeback for Big Dave Cameron aka the Greensill Grifter😂😂😂

[@DoneDunning]

Plenty of hot air to come. That's a given.

[@twlufc]

What a drip And the other is a drab.

[@annmolloy8600]

At least we’ll get rid of Cameron and Hunt along with Sunak

[@jackdaniels71759]

Rishi sunak announces the general election for the 4th of July in the pouring rain it's about time the little drip grew a pair !

[@AsphodeliaD]

They just can't wait to get out...

[@louisebrown4622]

I don’t like Rishi but I don’t blame him for wanting out politics is finished he can move on.

[@BlackGriffin195]

Wishy-washy Wishy Sunak the winner of the most useless PM in living memory.

[@mjtigerfang]

Nah that’s may in my book. At least he saw over falling inflation and a little growth this quarter.

[@susanb.1113]

Truss: Hold my pint!

[@fraserweir538]

Things can only get wetter

[@grantschiff7544]

Rain won't stop him. This speech is going out now.

[@carolharris8723]

What a drip.

[@thorntonovski]

Come on nigel, we need you again!!!!

[@Dapopo800]

Roland rat sunak should of never been in the position

[@heatherperkins9449]

We never voted for him. He got his job by backstabbing.

[@wendycurrie9629]

Rishi ended up looking like a seal about to be eaten by a shark!

[@johnIngham-di2ps]

Why dose it always rain on me new sound track for torys

[@colinpumpernickel2605]

Dose? Torys?

[@nikkihamilton4374]

It fits in with his kids college in LA.

[@BlackGriffin195]

I saw that too!

[@ASTeer1699]

Sunak looks sunk 😂

[@Cherrytune386]

Its brilliant if its upset the Tories 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@johnsmith-xr1uh]

Nutsak cant do anything right

[@CompetentGuitarist]

I bet he knows his PIN number.

[@t28mcd]

Nutsak 😂😂😂

[@t28mcd]

​@@CompetentGuitarist wouldn't count on it, remember when he posed filling up a car at Sainsbury's petrol station and had no idea how to pay?

[@johnsinclair1386]

I never realised that angels could spit so accurately.

[@clarepartrick1066]

If you do not want Labour as the next government do not vote for them vote for the Reform Party.

[@paulinetaylor1125]

I suspect the PM knew his Rwanda Debacle was falling to pieces and so decided to call the election to cover up his inadequacies in completing any of his promises.

[@peterandrachelhenderson1369]

Labour or tories is like choosing between HIV or AIDS

[@justbreal5797]

lol omg best analogy 😂

[@jumblestiltskin1365]

What a mess! What an introduction leading to what's going to be an awful contest, and an awful Labour incumbency for the next 5 years. How much more damage can the country take.

[@grahamhall2662]

Soggy Sunak suffers a soaking.😄

[@s1mon1983]

Any link to shwaub stepping down, maybe they know something's coming for them.

[@StephenMunro-rs2ib]

It can’t smell of panic when they have a window of months.the timing really makes no difference

[@steevobarker581]

What happened to that expensively assembled conference room we were subjected to during the scam demic?

[@jackieevans8852]

Yiu would think someone would come out and hold an umbrella

[@heatherperkins9449]

I wouldnt !

[@rockerjim8045]

it’s not the Raj. he can hold his own

[@terrymann1341]

I never thought any PM of any party could surpass Liz Truss in being absolutely useless, clueless and completely weak, but the Tories found one in Liz Truss' successor. That speech was appalling and banal. He was firing the starting gun for the General Election campaign, his party is 15-20 points behind Labour, he should've come out fighting with a rousing speech to rally his troops and the country. Instead he was drowned out by both D-Ream and the rain. Wouldn't surprise me if the Grandees in the party had a quiet word with him and placed an interim leader in, because to all intents and purposes they are finished, and they know they are going to be lucky to come third to the Lib Dems come the next parliament. The way he walked back into Drowning St after that speech just said Defeated before we've even started....

[@merk3574]

Come on Nigel, I will vote Farage all day long!

[@eliakimjosephsophia4542]

I said it would be a summer election that would be called after the may election if it didn't go well for them.

[@paulineashcroft1485]

Another Headline perhaps "Richie's rain of terror".

[@dahazecraze]

Someone's investment has clearly fallen through, but yeah I think he wants to get out of the spotlight before more serious charges come from the public over the contaminated blood and pass another issue to labour to deal with 😂

[@ScurvyRascal]

💯 The rats are always the first ones to leave the sinking ship.

[@benthomas9853]

When he doesn’t call one, people criticise him, when he does call it, they also criticise him. Is it criticising for the case of criticising or constructive?

[@FTFLCY]

"An economy Starmer will be delighted to inherit"? Is Kavanagh trolling, or actually serious?

[@ruthgatchalian650]

There's no umbrella in 10 Downing Street?

[@rockerjim8045]

Austerity

[@johannesnicolaas]

Well, one positive thing: the hair of Rishi didn't move a bit during the rain.

[@saratreadwell5711]

Yer like his time in office!

[@jefferson2310]

Independence Day from the Tory party 😅.

[@dianadoos1944]

Nigel should be the next prime Minister

[@fraserweir538]

Wet from start to finish

[@NigelJackson]

One wing of the Uniparty hands over to the other. No bother, Tories aren't interested...

[@japfourme381]

Independence Day, or deliverance day for the Conservatives? Whatever, the Tories will get their just rewards!!

[@privateprivate2421]

Scarey thing is labour are no better.

[@JamesBond-vg6wz]

Wars raging across the world and millions of lives lost as we edge ever closer to self destruction, yet, we continue..Humans cannot co exist with nature or each other...Sad times..🙏🌍

[@SimonWallwork]

Things are bad- but about to get a bit worse.

[@teresamcdonald1977]

Bollocks

[@mickeyfrancismcdaid]

Puddled Prat on a plinth

[@Eme-ii5qu]

Stop the Boats now!

[@karimeasterbrook8684]

Until the next one?

[@isag.7468]

Smells more like someone who wants out!

[@gary.h.turner]

Drivel in the drizzle!

[@georgedonnellan36]

Rained off Rishie

[@Cycle.every.day.]

Paula Vennells off the hook again, it should be about her tonight and tomorrow.

[@derekwhite2929]

Don't know about the election, still trying to find some benefit from the infected blood stuff coming out myself. Here in the Midlands, there's a total lack of empathy

[@jamesfowler5489]

His favourite band is wet wet wet😂

[@user-sg4ei3vv2t]

So how long do you think it will take the next lot to reclaim our country, our culture and language and get our cash back.

[@fleetingmoments6762]

As much as I don't want to vote at all, with every fibre of my being, I do not want Labour.

[@TrevorWilliams-fq8mg]

And if they win with a 100 seat or more majority we will be stuck with them for 20 years. So we better hope it's a small majority so we can keep them on their toes and boot them out in 5 years time.

[@pjb2836]

Did no one think to have a brolly he was soaking wet possible ruined a good suit jacket, cannot get that right

[@64Sq]

Couldn't he read the weather forecast. Classic schoolboy error

[@TrevorLittle-em8mg]

So The WEF are giving us a new figuirehead .

[@michaelclements8495]

Water 🐀 rat

[@claudioricci1]

The Tories didn’t keep it secret - they didn’t widely know - Sunak decided it as he was pushed on the day with a coup attempt

[@wangbow5755]

Tories out whoop... Oh, only other option is labour. Ridiculous

[@ammo1g]

Bye conservatives it’s been hell! 👍

[@thomasnixon1270]

The sooner they are gone the better or wetter. But it's not over till it's over so I suspect that in desperation something big and bad will happen in between the time leading up to the general election.

[@Syptah47]

This maybe the last time we ever get to vote as a democratic society. So it's in everyone's interest to get out and vote July the 4th!

[@Martin36544]

Hacks… Take your last bow. Your time is up.

[@alvinbowen999]

Looks like reform trying to put a fight on makes him rush cuz if he don't more will vote for them that's how trend looks from here

[@BIBIWCICC]

As long as we don’t get another party that is controlled by Israel then we should be able to move forward as a nation rather than split apart.

[@aidenlitwinski271]

Would t let the poor go to college increased universitys prices made all the youth feel like scum we all wanted to learn to be better we didnt want to just be slaves in warehouses and that the hand most of us were dealt with

[@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