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Yet more Tory sleaze

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Wyllow3 Fri 21-Jun-24 12:13:38

sorry, the ref hits a paywall - I got the reference and full article from googling " Tories election betting", followed a link, and hit no paywall.

Wyllow3 Fri 21-Jun-24 12:11:05

From the Financial Times, today,

"The prime minister’s rhetorical shield here is that he is waiting for the independent process to do its work. But the reality is that Sunak, more than anyone, knows one way or the other when his parliamentary aide Craig Williams knew that he was going to announce a July 4 election date;

he knows, more than anyone, when his party’s head of campaigning was in the loop.

He doesn’t need an investigation to tell him that. Sunak is really the only person who knows for certain whether Williams is a fool or a knave — and the only person who can act accordingly.

www.ft.com/content/e087e708-59a3-4d49-a243-20d17f3caba7

eazybee Fri 21-Jun-24 12:00:37

These people, mainly ones behind the scenes, privy to confidential information, know where the bodies are buried but without high office, are the ones responsible for so many leaks, antagonistic briefings against ministers and general trouble making.
Hopefully they will be identified and punished.

Grantanow Fri 21-Jun-24 11:44:44

Another Tory own goal to add to D-Day.

nanna8 Fri 21-Jun-24 07:52:55

They’re not helping themselves are they? Obviously got some sort of death wish. Sometimes you wonder how people like that get elected in the first place. I have a belief that people don’t suddenly become dishonest out of the blue.

Whitewavemark2 Fri 21-Jun-24 07:16:17

One advert by conservative HQ has now been deleted.

“If you bet on Labour, you can never win”

😄😄

MayBee70 Thu 20-Jun-24 20:54:11

Not only is it wrong but it’s downright stupid!

Whitewavemark2 Thu 20-Jun-24 20:26:49

The alleged crime of insider trading is a crime that could mean imprisonment.

welbeck Thu 20-Jun-24 20:24:10

we should be careful discussing this; a person has been arrested, therefore it is sub judice.

Cossy Thu 20-Jun-24 20:18:38

Very foolish of anyone to do this, I understand one of Sunak’s close protection officer has been suspended for something similar. How stupid can people be?

flappergirl Thu 20-Jun-24 20:11:36

She's the Tory candidate for my area, not that I'd ever vote Tory. What is wrong with them? Why can they not resist sleaze?

MayBee70 Thu 20-Jun-24 18:22:38

I think there are more being investigated…

varian Thu 20-Jun-24 18:19:51

General Election LIVE: Tory campaign director and candidate wife under investigation for election betting

www.lbc.co.uk/news/general-election-2024-live-blog-sunak-starmer-conservatives-labour-reform-davey/?mi_u=ead5759f31ae4a8587e40c5e0b36d5d7&mi_ecmp=evening(6pm)&utm_source=crm_LBC&utm_medium=email&ut