UK investigating second Tory candidate over election betting allegations
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The U.K.'s Gambling Commission is investigating a second Conservative public office candidate for allegedly placing a bet on the timing of the country's July 4 election.
"What I can’t do is sort of get too much into the detail of the case while an investigation is going on,″ Gove said. "But I can talk about the broad principle and you’re absolutely right, it’s reprehensible."
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced 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’s governing Conservative Party, were taken by surprise as a vote had been expected in the fall.
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