Latest posts tagged with #Betgate on Bluesky
Rishi Sunak seems to have ridden the #betgate storm with his net approval creeping up ever so slightly. He plunged to a new approval low recently โ however his net approval is up by two points to -28.
Approve: 27% (+2)
Disapprove: 55% (-2)
Neither: 18% (NC
TBH, I'm surprised that more didn't follow that Labour candidate's lead and bet on themselves to lose. It would have been an absolute cert!
#LosingIt
#BetGate
#9SleepsTillItsOver
Labour suspends candidate implicated in #BetGate.
At least Starmer is consistent.
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Starmer on #betgate
"[Sunak has] announced an investigation, an investigation designed for one purpose, which is to knock this in the long grass to the other side of the election."
"It would take half an hour. Who knew? Did you place a bet? Thatโs it."
#generalelection
Sure I'd like to know more names of those involved in #BetGate but on the other hand it's obvious already that all Tories are scumbags.
โSuspension is the right thing to do while people are investigated. Itโs harsh on people, if the allegations are found not to be true, but that is what would happen in any other sphere of work.โ #BetGate www.theguardian.com/politics/art...
Labour has written to the head of the Gambling Commission urging the organisation to name those it has placed under investigation because it is "in the public interest", and that "ongoing speculation... is casting a shadow over the election".
#betgate #generalelection
Gambling Commission has written to leading bookmakers asking for details of bets of ยฃ20 or more made on the election date shortly before Sunak announced it.
Previously it was reported that they were investigating bets of ยฃ100 or more.
They are going to find more Tories! #betgate #generalelection
The Gambling Commission is now investigating whether bets on the election were made by third parties who might be connected to those with inside information #betgate #generalelection
โTroll gambling is even simpler than Australian gambling. One of the most popular games is One Up, which consists of throwing a coin in the air and betting on whether it will come down again.โโจTerry Pratchett; Soul Musicโจ#Discworld #ToryInsiderTrading #BetGate #ToryValues #BreakingTheLawAgain
I would put money on #betgate not being over yet. That more Tories are going to emerge is even money
โSunak knows 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 partyโs head of campaigning was in the loop. He doesnโt need an investigation to tell him thatโ #BetGate archive.ph/2024.06.21-1...
Sunak on #betgate allegations:
"They are very serious in nature, potentially criminal. The police are involved and thatโs why itโs right that they are allowed to do their job without anything compromising the integrity of those investigations."
Cops not involved against the Tory candidates, liar!
โEd Davey said Sunak should be taking โtougher actionโ in relation to the Tory candidates being investigated over electon date betting allegationsโ #BetGate #ToryCorruption www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
As Sunak refuses to say whether any cabinet ministers placed between, it's clear that the gambling scandal isn't over yet.
Conservative commentator Tim Montgomerie: "I'm hearing a half a dozen more people in Tory HQ, apparently, under investigation..."
#betgate #GeneralElection
#BetGate โwill linger in publicโs minds..ยฃ3,285 gambled on Betfair in dozens of betsโฆit immediately suggested the scale of bets across the whole industry may have been more substantial as the Gambling Commissionโs own inquiries appear to be bearing outโ www.theguardian.com/politics/art...
โAll bets off on trust for the Tories asโฆits director of campaigning, Tony Lee, had โtaken a leave of absenceโ hours after it was revealed that his wife, Laura Saunders, was being investigated by the Gambling Commission.โ #BetGate #ToryWipeout archive.ph/2024.06.20-2...
#LeadersDebate โThis wasnโt just Tetchy Rish!, it was Angry Rish!. He had no time for the little people bothering him with their stupid questionsโฆHell, no one ran a better gambling ring inside No 10 than him.โ #BetGate www.theguardian.com/politics/art...
and that's before #Betgate started taking off
#BetGate I donโt think anyone in the Conservativesโ social media team was doing any thinking when they tweeted this.
A โSecond Tory candidate facing betting probe is married to party's head of campaigns. Tony Lee, Conservative head of campaign has took a leave of absence last night.โ #BetGate
With #betgate dominating the news, Rishi Sunak is not expected to make any campaign visits today.
He can't duck his head to head on Question Time tonight though.
Should be fun, with both Starmer and Davey calling on him to suspend the Tory candidate who allegedly bet on the election date
