Britain is a nation of gamblers

Napoleon Bonaparte famously called Britain a nation of shopkeepers. Britain seemed more like a nation of gamblers after the betting scandal last week.

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak gambled on an early election on July 4, surprising the country and irritating some in his party who preferred an autumn election.

There was, however, an element of poetic justice when members of his own police protection unit also gambled on the election date too. Being in close proximity to the...