It would be “reprehensible” to use inside information to bet on the general election date, Michael Gove said as three people with links to the Conservatives or Downing Street face investigation.Tory candidate Laura Saunders, who is married to the party’s campaign chief, is facing a Gambling Commission investigation into alleged betting offences.News of that investigation on Thursday 20 June followed the arrest of one of Rishi Sunak’s police protection officers and another investigation into his parliamentary aide Craig Williams over betting allegations."If people have used inside information to place bets, that is deeply wrong," Mr Gove told the BBC.
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00:00But then there were other people amongst Conservatives who were making bets, seemingly, because of
00:06information they may have. Does that surprise you?
00:09Yes, and I think there's a third case of someone who's not involved with the Conservative Party
00:16as well, but who may, may, have been privy to that information. I used to be a minister
00:23in the Ministry of Justice a wee while ago, and one of the things I learned then is that
00:26it's difficult for politicians to provide a running commentary when you've got investigations
00:30like this going on. Obviously, it's a matter of public concern and interest. If people
00:34have used inside information to place bets, that is deeply wrong. But what I can't do
00:39is sort of get too much into the detail of the case while an investigation is going on.
00:45But I can talk about the broad principle, and you're absolutely right, it's reprehensible.