Sunak Calls the Election: What the Hell Just Happened?

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After months of speculation, seemingly out of nowhere, Sunak finally called the election for 4th July. So, in this video, we're going to take a look at what happened on Wednesday, why Sunak's thinking changed, and what's likely to happen in the coming weeks.
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[@quintiniusgrin]

"Labour has no plan" says party who forgot to check the weather forecast

[@blablup1214]

Isn't it London ? I would guess it rains like every other day....

[@reescantdance7831]

Bwahahahaha

[@eattherich9215]

London doesn't have its own micro-climate.

[@Whoisthis1111]

It’s London💀

[@nothereandthereanywhere]

@@blablup1214 If you believe it is gonna rain, you take an umbrella with you. But Sunak had one advantage over others, his door was just 20 meters away from where he stood. Some umbrella-holder could come over and help him out. But I guess not many like him, so they let him get wet. (or he asked them to let him get wet, both options are possible)

[@undead_corsair]

Sunak figured out his post-PM holiday plans, that's what happened.

[@EllieD.Violet]

Or his father in law told him so?

[@RavenGhostwisperer]

@@EllieD.Violet enough money has been made, so better quit before people catch on ;)

[@EllieD.Violet]

@@RavenGhostwisperer Nahhhh, surely they'd manage to delay any investigation until the 12th of never. What happened to the report about Russian interference and cambridge analytica's dubious role in the 2016 referendum? It exists, IIRC, but the publication has been .... delayed ..... until it's forgotten?

[@lizdocherty3067]

Leaves UK on 5th July for USA, gives his kids time to settle in before new school term starts. Probably has his wife packing at the moment and deciding whether or not to sell all his UK homes in case he is barred from returning.

[@justmeajah]

Blackstone is waiting for him 😂

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[@maigepresents5840]

Am I the only worried that Larry the cat might be confused at why he's running a boarding house instead of being a pet?

[@annphillips1086]

Larry's fault, he's supposed to catch rats.

[@a.demifemiflapo5795]

​@@annphillips1086And flopped the last 4 times lol

[@PotatoGamer734]

​@@a.demifemiflapo5795Hey mate, don't bully the real PM of this country.

[@nicholassmith7730]

At this point I don't see why we don't just put the cat in charge. Unless he already is.... err.. Oh Shit!... Um, why did my house just get surrounded by cats in body armour?

[@annphillips1086]

@@nicholassmith7730 Order a crate of sardines, quickly. And pray.

[@toddb9313]

He can't get kicked out of the Prime Ministers job by his own party if he calls an election and parliament is dissolved. He is making sure he is elected out of the job and not thrown out like Johnson or Truss.

[@Jermbot15]

And as a bonus, he's in a better position to win an election now than he would be after surviving the next ouster attempt.

Good point! But imagine if this week they try 😂

[@creanero]

They still can, if they think this is a bad time for an election. I suspect that having a leadership battle in the middle of a general election would be a poor strategy, but they could give it a go.

[@hb0x]

Yep, that's what I'm thinking too. Copping out as a loser to the oppositions is better than getting kicked out by your own party.

[@SammyInnit]

Technically speaking, there is no prime ministers job at this point. However, he can still be removed as party leader. It would be absolute suicide for the tories at this point to hold another leadership challenge but it's not impossible.

[@DevonPixie1991]

Spare a thought for Larry. The poor cat doesn’t ever seem to know who’s feeding him

[@tyranitararmaldo]

Larry is a rock of political stability in these times.

[@nothereandthereanywhere]

Larry for PM! We can be sure of at least that one would stay there for some time.

[@hb0x]

Larry is the foundation on which this country's politic depends up on. Keep Larry fed!

[@Raceryan8]

If anything happens to Larry we should have a week of morning like with the queen

[@outerheaven8797]

What is that? Larry the Downing Street cat? Yeah probably needs to be given a more stable home.

[@telisbkras1470]

Two reasons for the timing: (1) Things will probably get worse (2) Give Labour and Reform least possible time to prepare

[@karan257]

(1) - definitely. Financial crisis will begin to peak.. Russia, India, Brazil, China and US elections will be done by then.. UK will be last on board, giving ot least time to prepare and in middle of turmoil. .. Hence elections now.

[@ray-wm7yd]

"Sunak stood in Downing St, yesterday, telling us it was not raining, that he was not wet and the sun was shining brightly but the truth was there for all to see."

[@bl3rune]

"It wasn't raining, stop talking Britain down" and then... "The London Rain Report will show that it wasn't raining" and then... "So maybe it was raining but it would've rained far more under Labour"

[@domhuckle]

Very good 👏

[@jedcollings3624]

If it was under labour, we would be living in Waterworld right now...

[@avalanche816]

​@@jedcollings3624same bot, same gibberish. Keep it up mate 😉

[@MrHighRaw]

I've rather live in Kevin Cosners Waterworld than in another Tory Governed Britain.

[@djtaylorutube]

We should legislate that it's always sunny

[@Clone683]

I hope Labour calls their manifesto "The Plan" just to mess with Sunak

[@SaintGerbilUK]

I'm surprised they don't have one ready. We have been knowing there's going to be a GE this year yet everyone is surprised.

[@tomuhawk96]

Idk sound too close to 5 yeah plan.

[@quinhoprimeiro1049]

@@SaintGerbilUK They do though!

[@SaintGerbilUK]

@@quinhoprimeiro1049 Labour seems to have a sign up page to get it when published and the Conservatives either it's not coming up in search or it's on their app which I'm not installing. Either way I don't consider that published.

[@quinhoprimeiro1049]

@@SaintGerbilUK Yeah, of course it wasn't published, why would Labour give free ammunition to tory media to attack their plan before the election being called, that doesn't mean they don't have a manifesto, it just means that they were smart enough to wait for the right time tu make it public

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[@Alden457]

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[@Damon4324]

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[@7c85bwz-et8yc]

Oh look ! "He's a man of the people," he gets caught out in the rain too, just like us mortals.

[@KleptoKits]

surprised he didn’t melt out there

[@theflyingscotsman229]

probably a PR stunt not having a brolly, but surely they could have had someone with a brolly there, or is teh cuts that bad that they haven even got one.

[@CandleWisp]

Eh, I reckon people would complain either way.

[@mkvenner2]

At least this one lasted longer than the cabbage.

[@johnmartin7158]

Now that is funeeeeeeh.

[@Weirdisjustabrownandyellowword]

She was a lettuce.

[@LOhAon-eo2pc]

Lettuce

[@mexicanopdb]

Wasn't it a cabbage?

[@thinfourth]

A cabbage would be a better option

[@matthewwyld3758]

That transition to the sponsor was savage

[@Sheev8435]

one of the best sponsorship segues I've ever seen

[@fenderek666]

OMG IT WAS 😂😂😂

[@matthewn1805]

Didn't see it, but that would be Sponser Blocks fault.

[@namenotfound8747]

Biased as ever.

[@Luke2777F]

Teresa May is already downloading her Brilliant app lol

[@benlowe1701]

I genuinely think its simply that he knows he's going to lose, and would rather lose and get a proper summer holiday, then lose in the winter. I honestly think its as simply as that.

[@isooo8175]

Sunak will manage to avenge 150 years of British brutality in India by collapsing the UK. The only ironic part is he is doing it unintentionally.

[@ILikedGooglePlus]

Finally handed in his 6 weeks notice.

[@ghosthdel3098]

It will be so funny if the conservative wins again. My family and i believe its been the best decade ever. Especially for our business. My parents own a small consultancy company and we applied for the furlough scheme, It was great we didnt have to spent a single penny paying our employees. The money that we saved as a company helped my sister to buy a small 5 bedrooms villa in turkey. It comes with wsimming pool, jacuzzi and all that jazz. Its great! We are thankful on the Great Britain Government helping us out. This is why this country is GREAT.

[@michealbrennan8107]

@@ghosthdel3098lad they are 20 points behind they can’t even check the weather forecast and he made his announcement with the new labour anthem playing

[@largeymargey5651]

​@@ghosthdel3098 you. Are the problem. The rich get richer while britans poverty rate sores.

[@Hippowdon121]

​@@ghosthdel3098 you are so stupid lmao

[@enriktigasna]

@@largeymargey5651 you're falling for the bait

[@CityOfTinyLines]

They should replace that "famous black door" with a revolving one.

[@jogriffiths5766]

Good one !!!

[@astafford8865]

They should replace it with a fridge from Aldi. Where they keep the lettuce

[@CityOfTinyLines]

@@astafford8865 Nice! That would also be a good hiding place for Boris.

[@KengCheong]

You sir, are cleverer than all those clowns behind that black door.

[@Jablicek]

I love the idea of Sunak standing in the rain like a sad sort of David Tennant meme, to the tune of Labour's 1997 theme song.

[@BlueMarsalis]

Hahahaha brilliant

[@waplington]

"A vote for Labour is a vote for uncertainty" A vote for Conservatives is a vote for guaranteed mayhem, negligence and corruption 🤷‍♂️

[@VanillaMacaron551]

Correct.

[@incurableromantic4006]

A vote for Labour is a vote for more of the same - more immigration, more woke, more war, more planned decline. A vote for the Tories is also a vote for these things.

[@fumobomber1759]

​@@incurableromantic4006 waiter waiter more Woke please

[@jjakes5589]

@@incurableromantic4006 Its incredible how much like Labour the current government is. Would i be correct Ii'm assuming the Labour/Green activists are so widespread in public sector jobs that whomever is in power doesnt mater so much? Its so WOKE in the UK, its like Labour and the Greens have been in power all along. A totally horrible situation.

[@CyrilSneer123]

Both are guaranteed mayhem, negligence and corruption - where have you been the past few decades?

[@fateenshareef8716]

Whoever got the speakers in time there expecting this announcement and got the labor anthem blaring is a fucking legend. If not anything, made for some good laugh.

[@od9694]

Things can only get Wetter

[@jasonali4122]

Shortly after switch-on, the speakers conked out!

[@mbgal7758]

You Brits really excel at playing a good backing track at a press conference. I really enjoy the Benny Hill theme and Muppet Show theme when they play those.

[@ReallyNotAGoose]

It was - as usual - Steve Bray doing his thing.

[@HALLish-jl5mo]

I thought it was immature and petty. If you don't like the Tories, fine. They will almost certainly loose anyway. But beat them on policy and track record, don't try and interrupt the PM while he's speaking.

[@deckenneth]

American here. Kind of loving the thought of a national leader election that will run 9 weeks rather than the 2 years it runs over here.

[@daveaglasgow]

Well the country is smaller than most us states so it makes sense. Also the leader is pre picked and can easily be changed if necessary,so no need for all that nonsense.

[@arghjayem]

@@daveaglasgowyep, you just need to look at who Rupert Murdoch’s papers are backing to see who is gonna win an election!

[@RogerMellie-yk3gw]

Yeah, but you lucky guys get Trump

[@alexbrown3511]

​​@@RogerMellie-yk3gw 😂😂🤡

[@lupolinar]

@@RogerMellie-yk3gw you forgot /s

[@hg82met]

I hear Rwanda is lovely in July. The whole cabinet should take a trip there.

[@vinny4765]

You know, I can barely understand half of them, but it's so nice to hear a governing body that isn't a bunch of elderly.

[@lolasmith2002]

Same, are you from USA?

[@HS-mz1lh]

His party wouldn't let him have 6 weeks off for summer holidays so he thought F it, I'm calling an election

[@EddieOWright]

I absolutely loved watching him being trenched in the rain while Things Can Only Get Better was blasting from a bookbox. F ing brilliant 😂

[@brusselssprouts560]

Shame it wasn't a shite shower.....

[@ChristiaanHW]

@@brusselssprouts560 unfortunately all the available shite is already pumped into the rivers and sea, so he had to do with plain old rain.

[@Sheena1234ization]

War criminal

[@user-ph1fu2us5g]

Sunak urgently called a general election because he received a millionaire business offer from America. It is said to be related to the sale of oil extracted from the coasts of Gaza.

[@stephennicholson1377]

The clear reason he called for the 4th July is that that gives him the summer to move to the US and get his kids in their new school in time for the next school year. Government business has nothing to do with it.

[@palindromee]

Was waiting for this video - thank you for making everything make sense!

[@piccalillipit9211]

*I WAS LAUGHING SO MUCH* I didnt hear a word of Sunaks speech...!!! It was just a farce inside a parody inside a metaphor inside a joke of a situation.

[@outerheaven8797]

Yep Sunak as prime minister is a bit like Krusty the Klown running the UK

[@anthony64632]

Wow, he brags that Uk is doing better than other countries

[@josephturner7569]

​@@outerheaven8797Who is currently hanging out at St Pancras bothering Dr K

[@diabl2master]

​​​@@anthony64632 I'm guessing it was literally like 2 weeks of slightly better GBP growth than expected, putting us briefly above France and USA on that measure (realise he would have mentioned Germany, Ireland, Japan, Canada, Australia etc. if he could have, implying we grew less than them recently), allowing him to be like "the economy is growing again all is well!" Realistically, like all economic measures, these things fluctuate constantly.

[@nasis18]

Wrapped in an enigma.

[@user-sd3ik9rt6d]

Couldn't even plan for an umbrella.

[@maccagrabme]

They are pinning all the blame on Sunak, it's the whole darn party that sucks. They aren't Conservative.

[@og_is_pog488]

As soon as I heard the announcement I knew TLDR would make a video. Good job 👍

[@corwin32]

There it is! Good Brilliant transition

[@shamrock141]

I was laughing my ass off listening to protestors play music on loudspeaker over him while he's giving the address, truly a British moment

[@sid35gb]

Good old Steve Bray……..things can only get wetter 😂

[@TheBigMidweek1889]

I couldn't help but think of Alan Partridge.

[@shruttikhaz5486]

Ya, it was laugh and fun for us too, to hear louder background protest music over ruling his public speech.

[@GreatgoatonFire]

Sunak looking like a very wet and disappointing kitten while announcing the election does sums up his time in government doesn't it?

[@chrysalis4126]

A wet Roland Rat.

[@ChuffedLemon]

Feckless the whole way through, yep

[@KathyClysm]

that seems rude to kittens honestly. Kittens are adorable. Sunak is deplorable.

[@kensvideos1]

It's good to be reminded that this channel exists.

[@scottauger4295]

We want TLDR election night special

[@youngestfool]

Sunak was missing the podcast and called the election to get you guys back

[@johnmartin7158]

Spelling error, don’t you mean “ Sunk. “.

[@Kazavop]

@youngestfool ah yes nicely spotted!

[@NiceOneSam]

Where's that £2m press space we paid for in 2021? No rain in there...

[@blazzz13]

In aTory donor's offshore account?

[@dlevi67]

They were too busy kicking journalists out of it

[@TheMadManGagisd]

Let’s not pretend Torries carred about journalist or facts before Sunak.

[@TheNagualWilliam]

There was a leaking pipe from his wife's spa which is located above the briefing room......

[@annphillips1086]

Another of Boris's vanity projects. Disappears a lot of money to no tangible benefit.

[@YasinD95]

that transition into the ad section was beautiful!!

[@silvershocknicktail6638]

"We've changed the Labour Party... Into the Tory Party. Enjoy your electoral choices, suckers."

[@georgespeighteh9342]

I thought 'meeting with Charlie' was referring to a trip to the toilet rather than to buckingham palace

[@Person1................68]

I'd say they are part and parcel.

[@johnjephcote7636]

I wonder what ye kynge said this time...'Not you again, Mr Sunak?'

[@Dangonyon]

There’s me thinking it was referencing Clarkson’s farm.

[@GreenJimll]

I think you're confusing Rishi with Michael Gove.

[@Cider4144]

Same thing isn't it?

[@hmrobert7016]

Something I've not seen mentioned anywhere is that the NHS pay packet for 2024/25 is still overdue from April. When they do get around to announcing their latest slap-in-the-face pay offer, there will be more staff strikes. Especially because last year nurses and other staff got 5%, whereas the doctors got 19%. Having the election now avoids having nurses striking during the campaign.

[@JasonAtlas]

That's a very sharp observation. I wouldn't have picked up on that at all.

[@CanadianEhHole]

Does it matter in terms of elections?? They're looking at the biggest loss of seats in UK history. Conservative voters have a saying going on, "zero seats! zero seats! They want to see the party suffer for completely backtracking on every promise it made that got them the majority win in the first place.

[@AB-qo2xq]

The nurses have had multiple pay raises unlike doctors and many nurses are paid more than doctors

[@thomassaxon8254]

The Civil Service too. I suspect that it was all planned tbh.

[@hmrobert7016]

​​@@AB-qo2xq NHS doctor and AfC pay are both reviewed annually, and doctors have seen similar increases over the past few years, getting 2% in 2022 and 8% in 2023. Some matrons and nurse consultants earn more than very junior doctors, that is true, but doctor pay rapidly overtakes even senior nurse pay after a few years. Turning NHS staff against each other helps nobody but the Tories.

[@phyllislovelace8151]

Thank you for your reporting TLDR it is much appreciated.

[@Nikelaos_Khristianos]

Anyone who thinks that prices will come down anytime soon is deluded. The prices will stay high, they’ll just stop going higher at the rate that it has been.

[@majorskies7091]

Does this mean I don't need to worry that my new mortgage rate is at 5 percent right now?

[@susannahhunt100]

I doubt if anyone believes Labour can wave a magic wand and make this mess disappear.

Deflation is very bad for any country, nobody should want that. I would be happy if they at least reduce my mortgage rate 👍🏻

[@TheBT]

“Second half the year” I mean saying this 6 weeks before the second half of the year was pretty funny

[@vonigner]

Second half of the year starts on July 1st ^_^

[@TheBT]

@@vonigner ooohhhh… I’m gonna do it. Um actually, the second half of the year starts on the 2nd of July. Midnight this year but midday on non leap years. Though 6 weeks today is the election which was my point, it was literally the first Thursday the election could be so at the point he said it the election was guaranteed second half of the year.

[@jimin8006]

Second half of the year, youre like ok that’s like nov or dec? That’s cool not he meant July literally 6 weeks away???

[@Shadowknightneo]

Richest man in the country couldnt afford an umbrella, or to pay someone to hold it above his head, or a gazebo..... or to have his conference inside his £2.6 million briefing room!

[@Teasehirt]

UK richest man ??? Evidence !! According to the Times - Top richest people in the UK Rank Name Worth Rise/Fall Source of wealth 2024 (2023) 1 (1) Gopi Hinduja and family £37.196bn £2.196bn Industry and finance: Hinduja Group 2 (3) Sir Leonard Blavatnik £29.246bn £621m Investment, music and media: Access Industries 3 (4) David and Simon Reuben and family £24.977bn £578m Property and internet: Reuben Brothers 4 (2) Sir Jim Ratcliffe £23.519bn £6.169bn Chemicals: Ineos Group 5 (5) Sir James Dyson and family £20.8bn £2.2bn Technology: Dyson Group 6 (22=) Idan Ofer £14.96bn £6.96bn Shipping and industry: Israel Corp 7 (6) Lakshmi Mittal and family £14.921bn £1.079bn Steel: ArcelorMittal 8 (7) Guy, George, Alannah and Galen Weston Jr and family £14.493bn £7m Retail: Primark 9 (19) John Fredriksen and family £12.867bn £4.556bn Shipping and oil services 10 (9) Kirsten and Jorn Rausing £12.634bn £634m Inheritance and investment: Tetra Laval 11 (15) Alex Gerko £12.055bn £2.926bn Finance: XTX Markets 12 (10) Michael Platt £12bn £500m Hedge fund: BlueCrest Capital Management 13 (8) Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken and Michel de Carvalho £11.751bn £1.371bn Inheritance, brewing and banking: Heineken 14 (11) The Duke of Westminster and the Grosvenor family £10.127bn £249m Property: Grosvenor Group 15 (18) Barnaby and Merlin Swire and family £9.986bn £8.82bn Industry, transport and property: Swire Group 16 (12) Marit, Lisbet, Sigrid and Hans Rausing £9.188bn £160m Inheritance: Tetra Laval 17 (26) Carrie and François Perrodo and family £9.168bn £2.168bn Oil, gas and wine: Perenco 18 (25) Nicky Oppenheimer and family £7.937bn £841m Diamonds and mining: De Beers 19 (32) Lord Bamford and family £7.65bn £1.75bn Construction equipment: JCB 20 (16) Denise, John and Peter Coates £7.467bn £1.328bn Gambling: Bet365

[@maigepresents5840]

Protocols mean that he cannot have any other members or staff around him when he declares a general election to ensure he isn't being forced by outside forces. That little rule dates back about 200 years...

[@Shadowknightneo]

@@maigepresents5840 so a gazebo? Seems plenty of the press had them, and umbrellas?

[@leehenry5764]

Who Jim Radcliffe?

[@DeathInTheSnow]

I heard the weather is nicer in Rwanda. Maybe he should pay it a visit? Apparently the accommodation would suit him nicely.

[@rsantana389]

And the podcast is coming back! Great news!

[@MySonBand]

Damn... your transition to the sponsorship segment was smooth and savage alike :)

[@cathallynch8269]

Rumour has it they were ready to oust him as leader, so he backed his own party into a corner rather than let them hit self-destruct which would happen if they get a new leader so late.

[@CanadianEhHole]

Doubt it. They ousted Truss to put him in. He's done exactly what they wanted him to do, which was to avoid doing anything they were voted in to do.

[@GreenJimll]

@@CanadianEhHole The issue is that there isn't a collective "they" in the Conservatives at the moment. The "theys" are a bunch of different warring factions, and Rishi has been (mostly unsuccessfully) trying to please some of them and heal the party. The looney-tunes fringe wing of the party probably does have MPs that wanted to oust him and replace him with something more radical and extreme too.

[@PandyBong]

Think he's just a massively self-serving narcissist. All that bollocks about "second half of the year" to now pull the emergency brake and go, "no, NOW!"

[@beast0339]

I think that was everyone's reaction. I read a Guardian Article about it and I was like "pffff, no way" literally an hour later that announcement happened and I was like "the fuck was that?!"

[@bomoose]

lord binface told me, no one more reliable

[@beast0339]

@@bomooseI agree with you there 😆

[@DaughterOfChrist1997]

Thanks, helpful video

[@hg82met]

If it was en episode of the Thick of It, everyone would say the show finally jumped the shark.

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

I thought Rishi was going to defect...

[@dww6]

He would if he thought he could gain financially.

[@CanadianEhHole]

Why would he? He already passed exactly what Labour would do anyways. Same exact party, just different label. The Tories have reneged on every promise they made that gave them the election wins.

[@leehenry5764]

No one wants him he's failed on everything

[@Cider4144]

Where to, the BJP?

[@andreasarnoalthofsobottka2928]

Suicidal tendencies are actually quite common in british politics. corbyn agreed into premature GEs just to end his time as party- and opposition leader. truss agreed in a policy that torpedoed the entire retirement system to shorten her term to the shelf life of a lettuce. And now sunak decleares to be fed up with office before summer recess.

[@CanadianEhHole]

> truss agreed in a policy that torpedoed the entire retirement system No, the pension system torpedoed itself. It functions like a Ponzi scheme and now the problems are too big to ignore. When pension systems were first introduced the life expectancy was tops 65.

[@annphillips1086]

Don't forget May's completely unnecessary snap election in which a comfortable majority evaporated.

[@MuffinLikesYou]

Sunak: "Never know your next move 😎" People: Don't you mean "never let them know your next move?" Sunak: "No 😎"

[@drewwaller4382]

One of the best ad segways you’ve done, must say

[@jonathanfarnworth9070]

Synopsis; This is Damage Control.

[@jonathantatler]

I guess they've finished burning records of their activities and feel safe to clear the offices.

[@als_pals]

I love that he refused to be honest when directly asked just hours before. No spine, nor does Starmer have one.

[@Hrafnskald]

Wishing the UK a very Happy Fourth of July :)

[@user-bd7lw6pz8d]

things can only get wetter

[@RogerMellie-yk3gw]

Seen that one a fair few times. Still good, though

[@austinnelson396]

Interesting that he chose the same day that their eldest former colony celebrates its independence from them 😂😂

[@0w784g]

No it isn't.

[@Therealprinceofcobh]

@@0w784gJuly 4th is independence in America ya mug.

[@ayondash7063]

Is the usa eldest colony?

[@ayondash7063]

I think India was the largest colony.

[@wellyman2008]

America is not Britains oldest former colony

[@lukepardoe2583]

I love how he was getting rained on.

[@A.B.J.-vw5ne]

He called it now because he hasn't given the time to get rid of him.

[@Americanbadashh]

idk based on polling him being gone is a forgone conclusion at this point

[@mike_chr_]

0:47 “Turns out, just this once, they were right” 😂

[@hihihi5367]

Sunak claimed the UK economy grew faster than the US, Germany, and France...but a simple Google search shows the US grew at 2.4%, France grew at 0.7%, UK at 0.4% and Germany at 0.2%. How can he make such easily disprovable claims? Must be delusional.

[@gp-1542]

Never thought he’ll actually do it

[@curtiswfranks]

I wish all of my British friends a very happy Independence Day.

[@GreenJimll]

That potentially comes on 5th July when we hear what the final result is.

[@annphillips1086]

Hehe, thank you.

[@tasty_fish]

All the Tory fanboys* claiming it'll be carnage under Labour, I mean what country have they been in the past 14 years?! *bots

[@anthonylulham3473]

I don't think there are many pro tory people left. Lots of anti labours, so disaffected tory voters will find homes in reform and lib dems. It will be carnage, there needs to be some hard introspection and deliberate harm to portions of the voter base to change the direction of the country. Potential voters affected: Elderlys, Near retirements, immigrants, young families, Medically ills, and typical earners. with policies in order: Triple lock abolished, retirement age increased, boarder controls to be enforced/no hotel housing for new arrivals, decreased support for childcare, Reductions to NHS spending, increased taxes to pay for services. Continuing in the direction we have will only create more poverty for everyone and a worst living condition than seen in 100 years. Selecting a group to F over may seem harsh but it needs to happen. we cannot borrow when we have such a stagnant economy, and it seems that every group list above is suffering.

[@walther2492]

The Tories set the house on fire and now they run away to blame it on Labour when the house burned down. That's their plan.

[@covfefe1787]

dont forget Labour started the mess with Immigration starting in the 90s the Conservatives are Labour lite since 2010.

[@SupremeST25]

@@walther2492and they know their target market is naive and uneducated enough to fall for it

[@DB123infane]

As someone that does not like Tory's why vote labour. Have you read there policies they have none. It's embarrassing.

[@drmburhan9131]

Straight Analysis... No BS... Appreciate your efforts

[@ClarkOoi95]

Just came to say that the Brilliant ad was brilliantly placed today 👏🏻

[@tt-ew7rx]

We have been staring at a GE for months, and when the announcement came, everyone seems astonished. Well done PM, who is still able to astonish everyone.

[@srp01983]

It wasn’t done to astonish people, it was done because he has spent his time in office incapable of making a decision, and Graham Brady told him to get on with it because the number of letters from Tory MPs was growing by the day. It was his last chance to be voted out by the public rather than booted out by his own side.

[@CanadianEhHole]

@@srp01983 He's done exactly what the top brass of the Tories wanted policy-wise. He's just failed to con the public into thinking they're actually following through with their election promises. They will lose handedly, not because people have changed their minds about what they want, but because the Tories pretended to carry out promises.

[@tt-ew7rx]

@@srp01983 He did it to spite the rebels whom he hates, and to wrongfoot Reform which he hates. He did this by calling for a GE which a lot of people have been calling him to do. I don't have to like him, but when he does something I like, I say well done.

[@srp01983]

@@tt-ew7rx Everything about this GE announcement was badly misjudged - he should have called it months ago when the public clearly wanted it and when his party stood a chance of not being totally wiped out, he should have held the announcement when it wasn’t peeing down with rain, it should have been in the press briefing room instead of within earshot of Steve Bray making a fool of him, and he should not have followed it up by holding a media stunt with Tory stooges, insulting Wales and then going to the Titanic quarter (where ironically he celebrated the one part of the U.K. which has been at least partially freed from the shackles of the Brexit decision he supported). Astonished? No-one was astonished, apart from you. Did the right thing? No, he should have done it months ago. He will now be remembered as a drowned rat, not a statesman.

[@tt-ew7rx]

@@srp01983 Astonishingly you forgot the most important part that he promised someone something then immediately reneged on the promise by calling the GE. There is a lot of astonishment here including your shooting at those secondary targets whilst ignoring the one true disgraceful behaviour.

[@andrewberwick06]

im sure a wave of no confidence letters had somethign to do with it.

[@KenWojcik]

At last, it is time for Binface to take his rightful place leading the helm.

[@JaiShreeRam-1977]

Great analysis 🎉🎉❤❤

[@yutawalker3005]

I am surprised it took this long for TLDR to put out. I thought y’all would have one ready to go lol

[@MrScottyTay]

they likely would have finished work for the day by the time it was announced and banged this up first thing this morning

[@GreenJimll]

They probably had to do the same as most of the rest of the UK population: stop laughing long enough to see their keyboard and mouse to post it. 🙂

[@CraigSimmonds]

Massive props on the speed you guys turned this video around 👏

[@stephendrake2658]

Just to clear up the terminology for the UK Parliament. A Parliament is divided into 4-5 annual sessions. After all sessions are completed, Parliament is Dissolved. Prorogation is the suspension of Parliament. It happens at the end of a Parliamentary Session to allow them, 'to clear the decks' for the new session. Prorogation is also used as a prelude to Dissolution. The aim is to wind up that Parliament. You can have Hold Over Bills, when at the end of a Parliamentary session, but not Dissolution. This is because if a new government is elected, it would be against the principles of democracy to force the bills from the old government which were just voted out of office. Dissolution is when Parliament literally ceases to exist and the power it holds is returned to the people. This power is expressed by the people in the form of an election. After which a new Parliament is summoned by the Monarch. Therefore, Prorogation and Dissolution are two different things. This can be seen in this election as there are two separate dates for the two different instances. Prorogation: 24 May. Dissolution: 30 May.

[@jhwheuer]

The lead to Brilliant via Tory MPs was brilliant.

[@jayrap94]

😂👏👏👏

[@exdeath64]

American here: Just for that, we're hosting Toyotathon on the king's birthday.

[@annphillips1086]

Will you send His Maj a free sample?

[@Cider4144]

Certainly more use than someone calling themselves a king.

[@SeverityOne]

You Americans should consider offering the UK statehood, provided they start driving on the right, adopt American spelling rules, start using the word 'aluminum', and use US customary units instead of this mess of imperial/metric mix. The UK switches PM more often than Australia, which is saying something, and could do with the stability of the US system.

[@NAYRUthunder99]

​@@SeverityOnethe main reason this is yet impossible is that the UK is still a monarchy, and the US admits only republics. Same goes for Australia and (theoretically far easier) Canada.

[@SeverityOne]

@@NAYRUthunder99 Yes, I was joking, and referring to the joke of a couple of years ago, when there was the farce between Bush and Kerry. That joke claimed that the UK had revoked American independence, and also mentioned aluminium.

[@ChuckConnNYC]

Here we go!

[@TrijitSaha]

Haha looks like the podcast is coming back earlier than expected!

[@juliazelazo]

I first started following you guys during the 2019 elections, its wild to be here again. cant wait to tune in to you guys

[@RH1812]

First thing that happened was they forgot they had a press room for such announcements while remaining DRY.

[@shruttikhaz5486]

No, he didn't forget about the press room. He thought the press room.inside Downing Street is to be used in dry weather only, not when it rains outside.

[@bh4462]

Literally laughed @ 3:55 "... Keir Starmer, looking a lot drier"

[@Macsmansion]

That brilliant sponsorship segue was fantastic 👌

[@wizzzer1337]

You know what... people have short memories, that's the unfortunate reality behind the "success" of the Torries. They put you in a stupor, they count on your ignorance and when they need to, they fight dirty.

[@arah2368]

Prorogation and dissolution are two different things! Prorogued parliament exists but can't sit, a dissolved parliament legally doesn't exist. The video used them interchangeably at 6:45, which should not be the case.

[@Paranoid_Found]

He didn’t equate the two. This is trivial before an election anyway. Most election prorogations are immediately followed by dissolutions. The illegal 2019 one was very much an anomaly.

[@boo453]

@@Paranoid_Found he did equate them when he started talking about the fact they had until next friday to pass carry over motions. prorogation is happening tomorrow (this friday), dissolution is happening next thursday. they conflated the two things, and came to the conclusion they were both happening next friday. it's clear in the research they didn't appreciate the difference, probably got confused, and came to the wrong conclusion

[@vishmaster09]

I was waiting for this video. He knew he was going to lose so I thought he would ideally want to wait as long as possible to call the election to stay in power longer.

[@lifeisagame2023]

Things can only get better

[@paulw1113]

The Union Jack on the ‘Time for Change’ slogan card is upside down!!!

[@arghjayem]

Well the country is in need of help! 😂

[@RogerMellie-yk3gw]

Classich

[@johnjephcote7636]

Base over apex, it is a distress signal.

[@TheBaconWizard]

Union Flag, not Jack

[@RogerMellie-yk3gw]

@@TheBaconWizard No. Union Jack. Not flag. It's called the Union Jack. Nobody says Union Flag.

[@oscar_n_t]

Yay we finally get to actually vote in a prime minister again!

[@ax.f-1256]

Why do you want to stop the perfect practice of Tories voting themselves into office? Didn't Britain do exactly as the Tories promised, with rising homelessness, Crime, Cost of Living, Poverty, more immigrants than ever and even delicious Feces in the water supply ? Why would you abolish such great achievements just to vote for a PM ? Aren't you happy that the conservatives were able to ruin all of Britain? 😂😂

[@annbarns652]

no your wrong they are selected not a vote

[@rubix4195]

I get to vote but all the candidates suck.

[@MacgiollaIG]

Hi Guys, having worked in Uk politics- manifestos are written well before election dates. All three main parties had their manifestos agreed about 6-9 months ago. I agree with you about the hastiness though- the most frantic parts of campaigns at the moment will be events calendar and getting teams on the ground for the leaders tours and getting local parties to stay on message, always a headache for HQ. Looking forward to your further coverage.

[@TheRealEtaoinShrdlu]

ZERO SEATS!!!

[@RogerMellie-yk3gw]

Zero seats given!

[@CanadianEhHole]

The Zero Seats Campaign!!

[@daedaluxe]

If I stand in the rain I'll look like a hard working simpleton lol

[@johnjephcote7636]

Stalin kept a light burning all night in the Kremlin office window to shew the Moscow people that he was working all night for them.

[@annphillips1086]

Well, he got half of it right.

[@KengCheong]

In a suit that can pay for an actual simpleton’s monthly expense. He isn’t fooling anyone.

[@capt.bart.roberts4975]

"Things can only get wetter!" ©Rob at Truth to Power.

[@seankaiser2505]

"You can't fire me, I quit! And I'm taking you all with me!!"

[@user-fi9st4uk6m]

Fantastic news!! Finally!

[@aamyko]

Let’s hope the “great British Public” don’t F this up and GET THE TORIES OUT!

[@MrBurnsExcellent]

Remember same bird different wings but yeah whatever.

[@geenkaas6380]

@@MrBurnsExcellent The lib dems are a bird

[@SammyInnit]

Hard to blame the public when FPTP only really gives them two realistic options for government, and one of those has dropped a massive clanger by refusing to acknowledge that turning off a water supply is a war crime. It was always labour's to lose. The question now is, do you vote against principle and vote Labour, or do you not vote at all and see the tories win again because their ardent supports will vote regardless.

[@teaser6089]

@@person737 A two party system never leads to healthy politics. Technically both the US and the UK don't have two party systems, but with how the electoral system works it does result in a practical two party system which does not properly represent the electorate!

[@geoffbinns7579]

What’s better?

[@michaelflinn7784]

This is actually Rishis resignation speech 💬.