I literally just bought a bottle of cava on the way home from work

[dolorosa_12]

Let's go!

Meanwhile, three consecutive items on the Guardian's politics live feed read:

17.17 BST: Sunak confirms election to take place on 4 July
17.17 BST: Sunak is almost being drowned out by someone playing 'Things Can Only Get Better' very, very loudly in Whitehall.
17.18 BST: Sunak says the election will be a choice — who will take the right decisions to give the people a better future. (Sunak is getting drenched in the rain.)

[Only because it was the Guardian, at least two of these items had typos that I've corrected.]

You love to see it!

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[dolorosa_12]

From what I can tell, it sounds as if he thought things were going to make their prospects worse as the year progressed, so calling the election now was an attempt to staunch the inevitable wounds.

But whatever the reason is, I'm just happy it's finally happening.

Absolutely, it's a massive relief.

(And your icon is perfect!)