>> reporter: it is unusual. boris johnson coming down here informing the queen and her signing a document to confirm the process taking place. it is the starting gun for a general election in the middle of december. but i think the lack of fanfare around this really speaks to the disillusionment about british politics right now. we've spoken about it on the show before. brexit deadlock. people are fed up with politicians and there's not that much engagement. that's going to be the big challenge going into this general election campaign. we'll be hearing from boris johnson in downing street in a couple of hours. we've been hearing from jeremy corbyn today. but it really feels like they're both on a war footing. look at this in the daily telegraph today. boris johnson peeking to the newspaper comparing jeremy corbyn and his leftist policies to stalin. widely regarded as a mask mass