Tagged: UK
Farida Adamu
UK General Election: Now that Boris Johnson is Back
Boris Johnson has been voted back into the UK House of Commons. On the 12th of December 2019, the United Kingdom voted in a general election, the third election in the European island since 2015. This time, the Conservative party won by a landslide majority in parliament. The elections were triggered after parliament was found […]
Farida Adamu
UK House of Commons Elects New Speaker
After winning the final round of voting against Chris Bryant, the Labour MP and Deputy Speaker, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, has been elected by Members of Parliament as the new House of Commons Speaker. The 158th Speaker of the House of Commons was elected on the 4th of November 2019, in an election where he received […]
Farida Adamu
UK Prime Minister Race: Who Gets the Keys to 10 Downing Street?
Following Theresa May’s failure to come up with an agreement to lead Britain out of the European Union, she announced she will stand down as Tory leader and hand over the keys to 10 Downing Street, in a tearful resignation speech delivered on May 24. In this speech, she described being prime minister as “the […]
Staff Writer
Facebook enforces new method to tackle election meddling
If you want to advertise a political cause on Facebook in the UK, you have to obey new rules. The social media company will now show who buys British political ads in an effort to tackle election meddling following the fall out from America’s last election. Now, when you take out an advert, you will […]
Winnie Kimani
What the polls say in UK’s snap elections
In the UK, elections don’t always happen as part of a regular schedule. The prime minister, with the approval of two-thirds of the current Parliament, can call for what’s called a “snap” election, where a national election is held off schedule. Theresa May kicked off her reelection campaign in April with all the confidence and support […]