Everything British Worth Streaming in July 2024
Happy July, everyone! Summer has officially rolled in, and with it, the most dramatic of weekends: July 4th. No, I'm not talking about hot dogs, fireworks, beaches, and Independence Day concerts on the National Mall broadcast by your local PBS stations. I'm talking about The Election. No, not that election; that's not until November, and I refuse to think or talk about it until such time as it becomes utterly unavoidable.
I'm talking about the one where I will personally get to experience as an adult with my own eyes and heart what my father got to see in 1997: A complete rout of the Tory party after watching it tear apart the U.K. for nearly two decades. Get in the back of the van and pack a few bottles of Pimms to go with those hot dogs; we're watching Rishi Sunak get clobbered.with
To be clear, no one is really covering this in America other than BBC World, if you happen to still get that cable channel. CNN and MSNBC will report on it, of course, in between pants-wetting over our own election before breaking away to show fireworks and festive concerts (on the National Mall or otherwise). The PBS News Hour will air at its usual time, and whichever poor anchor drew the short straw will most likely devote a segment to What A Tory Loss Means before concluding with the yearly Mall-held concert.
