Author: Harry Evans

As a consequence of the Labour Party’s devastating results in the General Elections in 2019, Jeremy Corbyn voluntarily withdrew from the leadership position, which triggered the elections for a new party leader. Sir Keir Starmer has been occupying the post since April 2020. Winning the Opposition’s leadership contest with 56.2% of the vote in the first round, he defeated the other two contenders, Rebecca Long-Bailey and Lisa Nandy. Commenting on his victory, Starmer highlighted that “It is the honour and privilege of his life to be elected as leader of…

England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland are the four constituent nations that make up the UK and are often called the Home Nations. Although each of them can be described as a nation or country since Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland have gained a degree of autonomy through the process of devolution, they are not fully independent states. Because of this, the politics of Scotland and the other countries operate within the UK constitution. The most executive power is in the hands of the first minister, a position which is…

The last few weeks have seen the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson facing increased pressure to step down over the “Partygate” scandal and accusations that he intervened to authorise Afghan animal evacuation. The latest revelations of the lockdown-breaching parties that took place at his official residence, along with the leaked information regarding his alleged interference to help animal evacuation from Afghanistan have put his future at the leadership position into question. Almost three years ago, Johnson led the Tories to the Party’s latest election victory in decades. However, he is…

Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2019 has sparked vehement disapproval on the island after reported cases of social gatherings held at Downing Street during Covid-19 pandemic restrictions. Whether a forthcoming Conservative Party leadership election will take place in the United Kingdom as a consequence of the series of scandalous parties is a question the public is highly concerned about. Considering Johnson’s vulnerable position at the moment and the fact that there is no shortage of potential successors,…

The position of Boris Johnson as UK’s Prime Minister seems to be getting more and more unstable by the hour, as he is trying to deal with the consequences occurring as a result of Sue Gray’s initial report into the ongoing “Partygate” scandal. The turbulence surrounding Mr Johnson’s fate as Prime Minister has become worse since the revelations of parties and social gatherings of the UK Government and Conservative Party staff that have taken place since the coronavirus pandemic outbreak in violation of the country’s public health restrictions under which…

The French presidential elections that will take place in April are by no means expected to be boring, and who will face the incumbent president in the runoff is the question people keep on asking themselves. There is no shortage of candidates who have already thrown their hats in the ring, claiming that they can oust Mr. Macron, which makes the situation all the more intense. Even though the Head of State is not yet a candidate, it seems that he is bound to seek a second and final term.…

The National Lottery is extremely popular in the UK, with statistics for 2020 showing that 27.3% of the people in the UK have participated in the National Lottery at least once in the last month. Until recently, the legal age for purchasing a lottery ticket and playing the game was 16 or older. As lottery tickets were given as birthday gifts and anybody of the age of 16 or older could play the National Lottery, the number of jackpot millionaires in the UK is fairly high. In April 2021, the…

With the rise of technologies, the gambling industry in the UK has grown by leaps and bounds over the past decade, delivering quality entertainment to tens of thousands of Britons across the country. Figures released by the British industry regulator, the UKGC (UK Gambling Commission), reveal the gross gaming yield (GGY) of local gambling operators exceeded £14 billion for the period between April 2019 and March 2020 alone. The online sector makes up for a significant portion of this yield. It accounts for nearly 40% of the total gambling market…

The introduction of cryptocurrencies a few years ago has indeed revolutionized the transfer of funds, and has made it much more efficient. This is so for the simple reason that the types of checks and balances that are normally available with standard money transfers are left outside the question. Unlike fiat currencies that owe their credibility to banks, digital currencies rely heavily on technology. Blockchain technology, which is employed as a means to guarantee the safety of the money transfer was conceptualized for the first time back in 2008 by…

Gambling is a prevalent form of recreation in Great Britain, a country with heavily regulated landbased and online betting industries. Betting comes in many different forms in the UK, from sports and horse race betting to commercial gambling, bingo, and lotteries. The local gambling industry is constantly growing in size, especially after the legislative landscape changed in 2014. Data released by the local gambling watchdog the UKGC reveals the UK gambling industry witnessed a gross gambling yield of £14.2 billion for the period between April 2019 and March 2020. Gambling…