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The prime minister has been urged to suspend two Conservative candidates accused of laying wagers on the date of the election shortly before it was announced last month.The other candidate is Laura Saunders, a member of Tory HQ staff whose husband, Tony Lee, is the party’s director of campaigns.In another extraordinary development in the controversy, one of the PM’s close protection officers has been suspended amid allegations that he also put a bet on a July poll.
“Surely you can understand that – yet again – this looks as though there is one rule for members of the Tory party, and another rule for everyone else, specifically on this occasion a serving police officer. If you can see how wrong that is, will you now at the very least remove your support for Mr Williams and Ms Saunders as Conservative election candidates?”The Conservatives have said they have been contacted by the Gambling Commission “about a small number of individuals”.
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