Is Farage's Reform bounce over?
The News Agents
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🗓️ 26 June 2024
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
The latest numbers from More in Common suggest that Nigel Farage may come to regret his comments over Putin and the Ukraine war.
Reform has slipped back in the polls - and one in four voters believe that Farage is sympathetic to Putin.
How will any of this play into the way people vote for his party next week?
But we start with the gambling scandal.
Keir Starmer has become the latest party leader to dispatch a candidate for betting - after Ipswich candidate Kevin Craig was found to have placed a bet on himself losing. North of the border, the Conservatives Scottish Secretary has come under fire for his own political flutter - even though it was not done with any inside knowledge. Are we in danger of descending into moral panic over any gambling?
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| 0:00.0 | The Newsagents podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity. |
| 0:08.1 | This is a global player original podcast. I've never placed a political bet. I only bet on the horses. |
| 0:15.0 | So that's where I stand on this. And I don't think that we should be lured into thinking this is a problem with the rules. |
| 0:22.7 | It's a problem with politicians. |
| 0:24.6 | You can see from the reaction of the public that they know straight away that what's been going on in the Tory party, the sort of insider dealing, is wrong. |
| 0:33.9 | That was Kirstama, having suspended his candidate in Ipswich for what he calls an improper bet. |
| 0:42.3 | In other words, Kevin Craig bet against himself losing the seat for which he's standing. |
| 0:49.1 | He says that the public know the rules and know when things are wrong. |
| 0:54.0 | But is it as clear cut as all that? |
| 0:56.9 | We're starting to wonder. The other thing is that Kirstama, sure, has made himself look decisive, |
| 1:03.4 | firm, clear-minded compared to Rishi Sunak and the troubles that the Conservative Party have had. |
| 1:09.1 | But is he making a rod for his own back? And are we |
| 1:11.6 | in danger of getting into a moral panic about gambling, which last time I looked was completely legal? |
| 1:19.3 | Welcome to the newsagents. The news agents. It's John It's Emily |
| 1:27.8 | It's Lewis |
| 1:28.4 | And if you wanted |
| 1:29.3 | The full unexpigated guide |
| 1:31.2 | To Gambling Gate |
| 1:32.4 | Lewis Goodall is here |
| 1:34.1 | Well it is confusing |
| 1:35.5 | Right I mean |
| 1:35.9 | It's been going on for ages |
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