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What is it about the Tories that anyone within 5 yards of them is mired in sleeze and corruption.
It is what they are. it is in their veins.Originally Posted by Dave Blue
It’s all about the money
And another one
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd11j1q3y13o
Cmon now. The lady just likes a bet.
I go in the bookies regularly and she looks like your average punter studying the form and having a flutter.
Probably came up on the screen and she had a fun bet.
I'm sure the war in Ukraine , Covid influenced her as well not to mention there are left wing women MPs betting far worse in Europe blah blah blah.
She’s married to the Conservative Party Director of Campaigns it seems.
Not any more he isn’t!!!!
If she's elected she should be suspended just like Craig Williams. Appalling abuse of power, essentially insider trading. Monumentally stupid behaviour too, all to seek a relatively small sum of money. In Craig Williams case he may win a few hundred quid but lose an MPs salary. Total idiot.
Yes you would think the Tories would want at least 100k for their slip ups.
JamesWales blah blah blah
You only have to scroll up two posts to see what I wrote, Joey. We are probably in complete agreement.
Come on, give them a break, they were just being members of the what’s in it for me party - the 2019-24 version of it anyway. You know, the version where the term “I’m not going to comment while there’s an ongoing investigation taking place” has become the norm.
Craig Williams basically admitted he had a bet by saying what he did was a gross error of judgement. If Rishi wants everyone who had a bet out of the party then why is he waiting for any gambling commission enquiry.
Just get rid of him and others now.
He's so weak
I think they want everybody to vote Starmer to give him a huge mandate.
BBC grammar fail in the first para. They would need a Time Machine to do that.
Conservative Party withdraws support for the two Parliamentary candidates who have been named in this matter.
Subliminal messaging at it's finest
Five coppers and now a Labour Candidate suspended too.
The wider it goes, the slightly more bizarre it gets. I can see how some very close to the PM trying to make money on it is stupid but surely the Labour MP and some in the police would have acted on nothing other than rumours?
I struggle to see a huge issue?
EDIT** It seems the Labour guy has been suspended for betting on himself to lose. That is bizarre, not particularly immoral but I can see why it's a definite suspension**
Depends where those 'rumours' came from.
Craig Williams was close enough to Rishi to know. The police officers may work in number 10 and have overheard a comment, or travelled in a ministerial car and heard a conversation. All that would potentially qualify as having insider knowledge.
Interestingly though, on Newsnight the day before the announcement, one of the political journalists said that all he's heard all day is that Rishi is going to announce on the following day the elecdate of July 4th. Decent odds were still available then for anyone to take advantage of. That rumour was in the public domain so wouldn't count.
Only after that when Cameron returned home early, and another minister cancelled a trip did the odds plummet.
One of the justifiable suspensions!
This comment from the Guardian rolling elction blog:
Craig is the candidate in Central Suffolk and North Ipswich. That is a seat Dan Poulter won for the Tories in 2019 with a majority of 23,391. But some of the recent MRP polls have suggested it was on course to go Labour.
Several layers of stupidity, immorality and miscalculation there!
Yeah it's pretty stupid behaviour. I guess we are dealing with something that some people suffer a serious addiction to, so I do try and bear that in mind, but still. This is just something, people will have to learn you can't do. I think betting on your own side is okay and betting on the date is a guess okay if it really is a guess, but it's best just left well alone.
The Labour guy is a berk, but I suppose it gives Starmer a chance to show what a “strong” leader he is.
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