Things can only get wetter: Sunak soaked as he calls UK election to Labour song

A loudspeaker could be heard playing D:Ream’s 'Things Can Only Get Better' –  a track associated with Labour’s 1997 general election victory

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, soaked by rain, walks back in to 10 Downing Street (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

A soaked Rishi Sunak was drowned out by Labour’s 1997 general election anthem as he announced a July 4 poll on a wet afternoon in Downing Street.

Heavy rain poured down on the British prime minister, who spoke from a lectern outside No 10 without an umbrella as Westminster was hit by heavy downpours.