May 23: On a rain-soaked Wednesday afternoon, Rishi Sunak, UK’s first Indian-origin Prime Minister, announced early elections on July 4, over five months before the scheduled deadline of December 17, 2024. What could be more ironic? It was on this very day in 1776 that thirteen American colonies declared independence from their erstwhile monarch, King George III of Great Britain. This hastening of the hustings is, undoubtedly, Sunak’s biggest and boldest gamble. A last-ditch attempt to save the Conservative Party, which has been in power for fourteen years, from being booted out. Advertisement As recent polls show, the ruling party...