"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. He must have thought things could only get better. Sadly for him, it appeared they could only get wetter.

The prime minister announced his decision to call a general election on 4 July in the driving rain and with the sound of the song Things Can Only Get Better, synonymous with Labour’s 1997 election landslide, blaring from a boombox in the background.

The anti-Brexit campaigner Steve Bray, whose longstanding protest outside parliament has been the backing track to many a political TV interview, said he chose the tune because it was the “top trolling song for the Conservatives”.

“I thought about what would be the best trolling tune if he announced the election,” he said. “And of course, it had to be Things Can Only Get Better. Because everybody can relate to that and the 1997 election.

Sky News seemed a bit dumbstruck by it all.

This is exactly right.

Labour's reaction to Sunak's election call.

How it looked from the public side.

Renowned physicist and former keyboard player for D:Ream thought this music was also appropriate.

And the original song.