though there is nothing new in your post, looking forward to your next article.

write articles in your own words, then the chance of approval will be maximum which automatically effects your result in terms or serp or backlinks

yes, but how much that quite depends upon the new president of America

try to build up your link popularity through-
article submission
social bookmarking
blog comment post
forum posting etc.
and wait for a couple of months because your site is quite new.

not only spread your network, also write some informative post and share it with your friends

try to get backlinks from the domain .uk
include UK in your anchor text.
forum from UK
exchange link with UK related sites