As prime minister Rishi Sunak stood outside Number 10 in the pouring rain and announced that a general election would take place on 4 July, a familiar tune rang out. The song was “Things Can Only Get ...

Pop band D:Ream have banned the Labour Party from using their hit song “Things Can Only Get Better” during their election campaign. Prime minister Rishi Sunak’s general election announcement was ...

Farcical scenes in Britain, where Rishi Sunak’s speech announcing a July 4 election was drowned out by rain and a protester blasting D:Ream hit Things Can Only Get Better. As the prime minister ...

Hi there, it’s Helen Chandler-Wilde, a UK reporter and editor on the Readout. Hope you enjoy today’s newsletter. In 1997, the theme tune to Labour’s landslide was D:Ream’s “Things Can Only Get Better.