Labour candidate suspended as Gambling Commission launches investigation
https://news.sky.com/story/labour-candidate-suspended-as-gambling-commission-launches-investigation-13158716
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Labour candidate suspended as Gambling Commission launches investigation
https://news.sky.com/story/labour-candidate-suspended-as-gambling-commission-launches-investigation-13158716
Posted by IXMCMXCII
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Wouldn’t the labour side be okay? Seen as it’s on sunak to call it
>Sky News understands the bet was relating to the outcome of the election in his constituency.
[Central Suffolk and North Ipswich (UK Parliament constituency) – Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Suffolk_and_North_Ipswich_(UK_Parliament_constituency)#Elections_in_the_2010s)
40% majority (edited to add: to over turn). Hope he was betting on himself.
So not betting on insider knowledge. Just either lots of confidence or none.
> 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:
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> Charlie Caiger, independent;
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> Tony Gould, Reform UK;
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> Mike Hallatt, independent;
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> Brett Alistair Mickelburgh, Lib Dems;
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> Dan Pratt, Greens;
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> Patrick Spencer, Conservatives.
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.
Calling it, now its a labour candidate the news cycle will be all over them like flies on shit
He seems to have been betting against himself winning. I guess he was hedging his bets?
[BBC News](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cqqqqx25rz0t?post=asset%3Ac774de1d-3530-4817-bf48-5fddfeb140cb#post)
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.
He bet he would lose. Was he going to try and run the worse campaign possible?
He should be arrested. Betting on yourself to lose is textbook corruption.
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”
If they have actually bet on themselves to lose they should never be allowed to stand for election again.
He donated £100K to Labour.
And was given a constituency to stand in.
Sounds like that’s the bigger scandal here.
Nice to see Labour don’t dilly dally with suspensions and excuses, refreshing change.
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?
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.