INCREDIBLY ANGRY ABOUT ELECTION BETTING ALLEGATIONS Prime Minister responds to election date betting scandal

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Thursday (June 20) during a televised debate that he was “incredibly angry” to hear that three of his party colleagues were being investigated over allegedly placing bets on an early announcement of the general election, adding that anyone found to have broken the rules would be “booted out” of the party.

On another chaotic day for the governing Conservatives, the party’s campaign director took a leave of absence, linked to an investigation around bets being placed on the timing of the vote before it was announced.

The allegations that a second Conservative candidate was being investigated by Britain’s gambling regulator and may have attempted to profit from their political knowledge of the timing of the election is the latest setback in Sunak’s faltering efforts to stay in Downing Street.