Tories furious as Rishi Sunak calls surprise election

Kate McCann reports live from Downing Street.

[wffhjml]

Tories furious? Not half as much as the majority of ordinary hardworking British citizens!

[carlharding]

He sounded like he was making a resignation speech because he was.

[absorbtheride]

44 days and this nightmare government is all over. Finally 🎉

[rogerwilco]

The Tories cannot complain. They had 15 years.

[Mia_linking]

Sunak's had a tough time???? What about all the pain and hardship he and the rest of the tories have caused to millions over the last 14 years? I'll be watching tories crying in the sports halls at 3.00am on the morning after :).

[thehealinggame]

Why no umbrella for Sunak ? If they can't organise a press conference why should they run our country ?

[ryanthenormal]

"We thought we had more time." How many more decades do they need, exactly?

[bc]

As usual the question The Times asks is not "what are the implications for the country" but "what are the implications for the Conservative Party". Shameful.

[clj.]

​​no umbrella totally soaked and music blasting out things can only get better. Chance for the public to get rid of this circus once and for all

[fredbartlett]

About time, the whole corrupt bunch need to go!

[SuzanneJones-qyzh]

Good bye Tories goodbye I certainly won't cry

[Truerahma]

So embarrassing for Rishi. 🎉 Good riddance ☔☔

[hypsyzygy]

'Eat Out to Help Out' did not protect the British people.

[zeb]

Sunak's had a tough time???? What about all the pain and hardship he and the rest of the tories have caused to millions over the last 14 years? I'll be watching tories crying in the sports halls at 3.00am on the morning after :)

[jclbmmx]

Has Sunak already booked his first class airfare to Los Angeles?

[laurenceteague]

Even the Tories themselves know they can't win and don't deserve to.

[deannilvalli]

I enjoyed how he acted as if he has been in office for 5 years. It has been less than 2 years since he was installed by a handful of people in his own party (rather than the general population).
I predict the Conservatives will lose by the largest margin on record, of any party, at least in the last 3 centuries.
If the party ceases to exist thereafter, it would certainly be a long-awaited and well-deserved coda after the Tories presided over 14 of the worst years in modern British history.
PS: I am not a member of any British party. I am a neutral observer.

[ISuperTed]

Oh dear, when it rains it really does pour 😂

[pemberton]

Prime miniature Fishy Sunak is like an antelope in a crocodiles only golf club.

[woodencreatures]

He's done it now so that he'll never have to see his Rwanda plan fail