Why did it take Rishi Sunak so long to suspend the gambling Tories?
The News Agents
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🗓️ 25 June 2024
⏱️ 34 minutes
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We will be telling the extraordinary story of Julian Assange in this episode - how he gained such legendary status - and whether he was more saint or sinner - as he leaves Belmarsh prison and heads to his new life in Australia.
But we have to start with the latest twist in the gambleshambles as, you’ve guessed it, Rishi Sunak has now bowed to the inevitable pressure and pulled his support from two candidates who admitted to making an ill advised bet on the date of the election.
Why could the whole country see this coming except the PM?
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| 0:00.0 | The Newsagents podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity. |
| 0:09.0 | This is a global player original podcast. |
| 0:12.6 | It's deeply regrettable if anyone has been speculating, betting on the election on the basis of inside information. |
| 0:21.2 | But at the moment, we've got an investigation, a process going on, I think, led by the Gambling |
| 0:26.0 | Commission. |
| 0:26.9 | Ask them, did you place a bet or did you not place a bet? |
| 0:30.2 | The answer is binary. |
| 0:31.6 | It's either yes or no. |
| 0:33.3 | And if the answer is yes, sack them. |
| 0:36.3 | Because that's the Gambling Commission's role and responsibility. |
| 0:40.1 | One candidate, Craig Williams, has admitted he did it and he's made a mistake. |
| 0:43.6 | Why is he still standing? |
| 0:45.4 | Yeah, I mean, there's both a principal point and a practical point. |
| 0:50.3 | That needs to be determined as to whether you actually had prior knowledge, |
| 0:52.9 | because the whole point of this is whether you had knowledge of the date or not, |
| 0:57.0 | which is what the Gambling Commission are investigating. |
| 1:00.5 | You heard it there. |
| 1:01.5 | From minister after minister, there are principled and practical reasons |
| 1:06.2 | why Rishi Sunnet could not suspend those alleged gambling candidates |
| 1:10.5 | in the middle of a campaign |
| 1:11.9 | until the Gambling Commission had made its report final. |
| 1:16.9 | Today, in seconds, all that changed. |
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