Achi news desk-
Una Keating. Updated May 23, 2024
If someone told us that Armando Iannucci Wrote the script for Rishi SunkIn the general election announcement of, we couldn’t swear they were wrong, because it was straight out The thickness of it.
Well that episode of The Thick Of It was a bit ridiculous pic.twitter.com/ax1GGwFkgU
— Dave ❄️ (@mrdavemacleod) May 22, 2024
Although he has an expensive briefing room in Downing Street, the Prime Minister chose to stand in the pouring rain, getting wetter and wetter with every sentence, and trying to remind the country of things he was not entirely in control of.
“That’s the shot”#General elections pic.twitter.com/1EiKuM7cqP
— Haggis_UK (@Haggis_UK) May 22, 2024
The background music was just as funny Steve Bray blasted D-Ream’s Things Can Only Get Better – which will forever be associated with the Labor landslide of 1997.
Whoever plays ‘Things Can Only Get Better’ during Rishi’s announcement gets the gong. lol pic.twitter.com/9Hgi3dNNM4
— Maurice McLeod (he/him) (@mowords) May 22, 2024
If Sunak was hoping to start the pre-elections on a high, then it can only be said that it was a resounding failure… which might be good practice for the elections, to be fair.
People held nothing back in their assessment of how it went.
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“I’ve seen things you wouldn’t believe… Gullis eating soup with a fork. I’ve seen Braverman trying to push a couch away. All these moments will be lost in time, like tears in the rain… Time to die.” pic.twitter.com/6Uzq14BcRa
— Nick Pettigrew (@Nick_Pettigrew) May 22, 2024
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— Cold War Steve (@coldwarsteve) May 22, 2024
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Historically, men in this position used a folding canopy called an umbrella pic.twitter.com/vMVdJ3s6XU
— Derek Guy (@dieworkwear) May 22, 2024
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“Now call a general election in the pouring rain with ‘things can only get better’ in the background!”#General elections pic.twitter.com/t959TFjcFV
— Parody Rishi Sunk (@Parody_PM) May 22, 2024
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Drowning Street pic.twitter.com/5fs5opGBl9
— Robin Flavell (@RobinFlavell) May 22, 2024
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Drizly Adams, the Californian mountain man. pic.twitter.com/EUSGqhQH7K
— Henry Morris (@mrhenrymorris) May 22, 2024
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Suits can only get wet
— Ian McMillan (@IMcMillan) May 22, 2024
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Rishi Sunk stands in the pouring rain, chattering that Kir Starmer has no plan.
Ten minutes later: Keir Starmer is standing in a nice dry room, calmly explaining his plan. pic.twitter.com/aDTmaSd1xl— Nicholas Pegg (@NicholasPegg) May 22, 2024
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Many people ask me where I was when Sunak announced the election. I was inside because it was raining. Only an idiot would get away with it… #General elections pic.twitter.com/feRD2YYvvU
— Larry the Cat (@Number10cat) May 22, 2024
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Reading an election you know you’re going to lose, while it’s going crazy and Tony Blair’s theme tune is drowning you out might be the most British thing I’ve ever seen. I feel quite patriotic. pic.twitter.com/v6lfJDQF0E
— Phil Reilly (@phil_reilly) May 22, 2024
