James Cracknell, the Conservative candidate for Colchester, criticised party members for betting on election day in an interview with ITV News. He said, "When I knock on people's doors and they ask about members of my party placing bets, I’m not going to say, 'I agree with it.' People are trusting me with their one vote." Cracknell emphasised the need for voters to trust him completely, underlining the challenge of maintaining that trust amid controversies within the party. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00When I knock on people's doors and they say what do you think about members of your party
00:05placing bets on the day of the election, I'm not going to say I agree with it. I'm not going to,
00:09you know, the people I'm asking to vote for me, I'm looking them in the eyes and they're
00:12trusting me with their one vote. How are they going to trust me if I'm saying something that
00:16I don't believe in? The people who make mistakes or decisions like this, to place a bet on knowledge
00:21they've had, they're not letting down the party, they're letting down 600 candidates, they're also
00:26letting down thousands of members who are doing, you know, things off their own back and in their
00:30own time and that's just really disrespectful and I wasn't prepared to have the people who
00:36are giving their time up for me and the people I'm asking to vote for me disrespected.