Labour candidate suspended as Gambling Commission launches investigation

https://news.sky.com/story/labour-candidate-suspended-as-gambling-commission-launches-investigation-13158716

by IXMCMXCII

25 comments

  1. Wouldn’t the labour side be okay? Seen as it’s on sunak to call it

  3. > Kevin Craig is running to become the MP for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich – a seat previously held by ex-Tory Dan Poulter, who defected to Labour ahead of the election but is not standing again.
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    > A full list of the candidates running for the seat is below:
    >
    >
    > Charlie Caiger, independent;
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    > Tony Gould, Reform UK;
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    > Mike Hallatt, independent;
    >
    > Brett Alistair Mickelburgh, Lib Dems;
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    > Dan Pratt, Greens;
    >
    > Patrick Spencer, Conservatives.

  4. Seems a bit odd, what’s the explanation for how they had information as a labour candidate? Has to be a separate bet rather than election date surely? Article gives nothing yet.

    Suspension is the right choice though, if there’s an investigation it should be the standard outcome just Tories don’t exactly play fair and I suspect the usual suspect papers will be all over this one tomorrow.

    Edit: Article was a ‘breaking news’ 2 sentence thing at first, now it’s a bit clearer.

  5. Calling it, now its a labour candidate the news cycle will be all over them like flies on shit

  7. Reform UK might win the seat then?

    The fact is I think any politician or candidate running should not be placing bets on political outcomes period. It just icky.

  8. He bet he would lose. Was he going to try and run the worse campaign possible?

  9. He should be arrested. Betting on yourself to lose is textbook corruption.

  10. Tories: scandal after scandal, hundreds of billions wasted, country in the gutter.

    Labour: one random candidate bets on himself to lose (not insider trading).

    “Omg guys, they’re all the same”

  11. If they have actually bet on themselves to lose they should never be allowed to stand for election again.

  12. He donated £100K to Labour.

    And was given a constituency to stand in.

    Sounds like that’s the bigger scandal here.

  13. Nice to see Labour don’t dilly dally with suspensions and excuses, refreshing change.

  14. Sooo how does this work with postal votes which have already gone out? This is my dad’s constituency and he got his postal vote last week and has already voted for this guy, so does his vote… Just not count anymore?

  15. This might be like when I’ve bet against Liverpool when they’ve been in a cup final. Yeah it’s a shame we lost the champions league, but at least I’m £30 up lads.

  16. How fucking thick are politicians in this country? This is the sort of thing stupid, bored footballers do and lose god only knows how much money over for the sake of a very cheap thrill.

  17. Farage can’t win, I personally will not let him. I stand up for what is right and Farage is not right! I will challenge him verbally to a debate and show the world how I’m the more charismatic guy 😉

  18. Anyone standing for election or holding an elected office should not be betting on anything to do with any election, no matter how remote it might seen.

    I’m surprised this isn’t blindingly obvious. Bet on the horses, the football, the cricket – just not on your own business.

  19. Why is this happening so much at this election and are we supposed to pretend this is the first time it’s happening? I don’t remember it being like thus at elections

  22. Do they ever stop thinking of ways to line their fucking pockets? Because silly me, I thought they were there to serve the public.

  23. Would betting on the tories getting less than 80 seats be considered insider trading whoever places the bet.

  24. Do we really need to have betting on election outcomes at all? 

    The ability to bet on something creates perverse incentives and opportunities for corruption. Maybe for something as important as our democracy we could just avoid it altogether. 

  25. There’s a stark difference between how Labour and Conservatives have handled this.

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