• 6 months ago
Liberal Democrats leader Sir Ed Davey says he is shocked by the betting scandal plaguing the Conservative Party and calls for a review of gambling regulations. Report by Etemadil. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00Have you placed any election bets?
00:02Well, you know, not on this election, I certainly haven't.
00:04And I'll tell you what, I'm shocked as everyone else about what has happened.
00:09The idea that people who had privileged access in number 10
00:14and may well have known the date of the general election,
00:17placing a bet when they knew the outcome of that bet, that is wrong.
00:23And so what Liberal Democrats are calling for today is a review of the regulation
00:29with respect to gambling and politics.
00:31We've got to have that to rebuild trust.
00:34And that should come as soon as possible after the next election.
00:37The Gambling Commission needs to head that up, obviously.
00:40It needs to be a really strong review of all the gambling laws.
00:43We can't allow something like this to ever happen again.