You always know something "big" is going on in the UK when a lectern suddenly appears outside 10 Downing Street as happened last Monday. It is not usually good news for whoever happens to be in residence at the time.
The previous time I had seen the lectern appear was in May 2024 when in the pouring rain an extremely soggy PM Rishi Sunak announced a new general election which he deep down knew he was going to lose. At least the rain held off for Prime Minister Keir Starmer's resignation speech last week although the message was equally gloomy. It seems being PM in Britain isn't much fun, which might explain why there have been six PMs in the last 10 years.
