The Labour leader attacked the Prime Minister over the growing row about alleged bets by politicians on both the date and result of next week's general election.
Sir Keir Starmer tonight claimed Rishi Sunak was 'bullied' into acting over the election gambling scandal - as it emerged a Tory candidate put an £8,000 bet on himself to lose.
In a separate development, Sir Philip Davies - another Tory candidate - was reported to have placed a large wager on him being defeated in his Shipley constituency. During this evening's final TV election debate on the BBC, Sir Keir accused Mr Sunak of being 'bullied' into responding to the betting scandal.'I think that in the last 14 years politics has become too much about self entitlement, and MPs thinking about what they could get for themselves.'
'Because I knew it made it really important to be swift, the PM delayed and delayed and delayed until eventually he was bullied into taking off.' 'I hope to win. I'm busting a gut to win. I expect to lose. In the 2005 election, I busted a gut to win. I expected to lose.He added: 'My comment will be, whether I have or haven't, it's nobody's business apart from mine.
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