It’s been a tumultuous year in British politics, with two leadership contests in the space of just a few months, after an outpouring of public anger about the transgressions of Boris Johnson. To the politically disinterested, news of infighting, backbiting, and chaos inside the corridors of power will have been a tiresome spectacle. Something toContinue reading “Gambling with lives: govt failings leave punters at the mercy of big betting”
Category Archives: Gambling
Delay to gambling reforms will harm most vulnerable
Plans to overhaul UK gambling laws have been delayed for a fourth time, due to infighting in the Conservative Party. The Guardian reports that senior advisors to the UK Government told Boris Johnson not to sign off a long-awaited whitepaper on reform, despite it being ready for approval days before he announced his resignation. They believe theContinue reading “Delay to gambling reforms will harm most vulnerable”
SPFL must break from big betting – The Courier
Growing up in the Mearns, halfway between Aberdeen and Dundee, my football loyalties were always torn. Should I support the Dons? Or should I choose a Dundee side, like the resurgent Dundee United, popular with my contemporaries at school? In the end, I settled on Aberdeen. I was born there. I spent my formative yearsContinue reading “SPFL must break from big betting – The Courier”