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British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Thursday that anyone involved in using inside information to bet on the date of Britain\u2019s July 4 national election should be expelled from his Conservative Party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunak said on the BBC that he was \u201cincredibly angry, incredibly angry\u201d to learn of allegations that Conservative politicians betted on the election date, and that they \u201cshould face the full force of the law\u201d if they were found to have broken the law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s right that they are being investigated properly by the relevant law enforcement authorities,\u201d he said. \u201cIf anyone is found to have broken the rules, not only should they face the full consequences of the law, I will make sure that they are booted out of the Conservative Party.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two weeks ahead of the general election, it was an uncomfortable experience for Sunak, whose Conservative Party is trailing the main opposition Labour Party \u2014 by 20 points by many polls \u2014 ahead of the vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Earlier, asked about reports that the U.K.’s Gambling Commission was investigating a second Conservative candidate for placing a bet on the timing of the election, housing minister Michael Gove told the BBC that if people used inside information to bet, it would be \u201cdeeply wrong.\u2019’<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat I can\u2019t do is sort of get too much into the detail of the case while an investigation is going on,\u2033 Gove said. \u201cBut I can talk about the broad principle and you\u2019re absolutely right, it\u2019s reprehensible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunak announced on May 22 that parliamentary elections would be held on July 4. The date had been a closely guarded secret and many, even those in Sunak\u2019s governing Conservative Party, were taken by surprise as a vote had been expected in the fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under the United Kingdom\u2019s electoral laws, the prime minister has the power to call the date within five years of the previous election. Many members of Sunak\u2019s party have said that he called it too soon, as he had until January 2025 to call the balloting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

British media, including the PA news agency and the BBC, reported on Thursday that Tory candidate Laura Saunders, who is married to the Conservative Party\u2019s director of campaigning, Tony Lee, is facing a commission investigation into alleged betting offences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saunders\u2019 attorney, Nama Zarroug, of Astraea Linskills, said she would be co-operating with the commission investigation and that she had nothing further to add.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is inappropriate to conduct any investigation of this kind via the media, and doing so risks jeopardizing the work of the Gambling Commission and the integrity of its investigation,\u2019’ the statement said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe publication of the BBC\u2019s story is premature and is a clear infringement of Ms Saunders\u2019 privacy rights. She is considering legal action against the BBC and any other publishers who infringe her privacy rights,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Conservative Party said Britain\u2019s Gambling Commission contacted it over a \u201csmall number of individuals\u2033 in connection with the investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The party declined to immediately comment on the fresh allegation pending the commission investigation. But it said in a statement that Lee took a leave of absence from the party on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The broadening scandal came after reports Wednesday that one of Sunak\u2019s police bodyguards was arrested over alleged bets on the date of Britain\u2019s national election made before it was announced. The constable in the Royalty and Specialist Protection Command was arrested Monday on suspicion of misconduct in public office, the Metropolitan Police force said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week, Sunak aide Craig Williams, who is running to be reelected to Parliament, acknowledged he was being investigated by the Gambling Commission for placing a 100 pound ($128) bet on a July election before the date had been announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Betting is popular in the U.K., with bookies offering odds on everything from sports to elections. Cheating by acting on inside information is a criminal offense.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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