The Conservative and Labour leaders face each other in the final major TV debate of the 2024 general election campaign
The election betting scandal is likely to come up in the BBC debate, but Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer may not be asked about a new development. The Sun is claiming that the Tory Philip Davies has placed a £8,000 bet on his losing his Shipley constituency. When Davies spoke to the paper, he did not dispute the story, but he told the reporter: “What’s it go to do with you whether I did or didn’t?” He also said he would be “busting a gut” to win his seat.
The Sun points out that there is nothing illegal in a candidate betting against himself. But yesterday Keir Starmer disowned a Labour candidate who bet that he would lose.
In my own mind, the outcome of this election, maybe not the magnitude of it, but the outcome of the election was determined in the autumn of 2022. I think the public had started to make up its mind during the Partygate shenanigans, and then the Liz Truss government was the final straw for many people.
Continue reading… The Guardian Read More The Conservative and Labour leaders face each other in the final major TV debate of the 2024 general election campaignThe election betting scandal is likely to come up in the BBC debate, but Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer may not be asked about a new development. The Sun is claiming that the Tory Philip Davies has placed a £8,000 bet on his losing his Shipley constituency. When Davies spoke to the paper, he did not dispute the story, but he told the reporter: “What’s it go to do with you whether I did or didn’t?” He also said he would be “busting a gut” to win his seat.The Sun points out that there is nothing illegal in a candidate betting against himself. But yesterday Keir Starmer disowned a Labour candidate who bet that he would lose.In my own mind, the outcome of this election, maybe not the magnitude of it, but the outcome of the election was determined in the autumn of 2022. I think the public had started to make up its mind during the Partygate shenanigans, and then the Liz Truss government was the final straw for many people. Continue reading…
