There were, however, occasional reminders of more unusual goings-on: a horse turd on the sidewalk, a golden retriever trouncing through the glass atrium.
During the session, Labour leader Keir Starmer said " Sunak has no mandate" for government, saying he had been trounced by the former prime minister, his predecessor Liz Truss.
The clearest is that American firms, in aggregate, are set to trounce those everywhere else, with share prices having risen by 3% since Mr Trump's election.