febrile

Poor Rishi. He's speech was drowned out by pouring rain and protesters blasting Tony Blair's 1997 theme tune.

Rishi Sunak takes gamble by calling UK general election for 4 July
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/may/22/rishi-sunak-will-call-general-election-for-july-in-surprise-move-sources

Word
febrile
time (verb)
[quote]an unusually timed cabinet meeting, with senior ministers changing their plans to attend.[unquote]
better off [quote] he would be better off going now.
crying out for
get on with
blast
wash-up
contentious
non-contentious
dissolved
[quote]The “wash-up”, when the government finalises non-contentious bits of legislation, is expected to take place next week before parliament is dissolved.[unquote]

wash-up[Cambridge]a discussion after an event in which people talk about what happened, what could have been done better, etc.

I hadn't known the difference between AM and BR!
[BR]wash up [AM]wash the dishes
[Oxford](also do the dishes North American English, British English)
[AM]wash up [BR]wash
[Oxford](also get washed up) (North American English)

note to self - D:Ream Things Can Only Get Better
https://news.sky.com/story/rishi-sunak-to-call-general-election-for-4-july-sky-news-understands-13141213
His speech is very easy to listen to even with the noisy background music.

Good bye Rishi.