"Rishi Sunak, soaking wet, trying to announce the general election over the most famous Labour campaign song in history really does encapsulate his premiership in a way that renders sketch writers redundant," wrote James Bell on Twitter. Calling the election outside 10 Downing St in the pouring rain while "Things Can Only Get Better" blared, the anthem from Tony Blair's 1997 landslide Labour win, is pretty much peak Tories. Source: The Guardian Rishi Sunak has finally ripped the plaster off and called a general election.