and of course, alister jack did in the investigation. of course, alisterjack did in the months beforehand. so no investigation there. he seems to be in the clear. but my goodness me, a lot of politicians who might have no clue about what on earth was going on inside the head of rishi sunak, who happened to have placed a bet the wrong side of this arbitrary line, now have their names dragged through the mud . mud. >> yeah, i think it's right you pick up on that dragging through the mud, i think a lot of the coverage has indicated that there may be cases of wrongdoing when that's when that's not entirely clear . and when you entirely clear. and when you look at this story, i think it's important to remember some context. right, we're looking at who's going to run our country for the next five or so years, that being the duration of a parliament, you know, we when it comes to the big topics , the comes to the big topics, the nhs, growing the economy, ensuring migrations at a sustainable level, this, this, this issue, although it strikes at

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scotland secretary alister jack denies having broken any rules but admits to placing three bets. he insists he had no inside knowledge of when the election would take place, despite previously revealing that he'd made more than £2,000 from the bet. he later dismissed the claim as a joke. mrjack becomes the seventh person to becomes the seventh person to become embroiled in the scandal, with just a week until voters head to the polls . with just a week until voters head to the polls. in with just a week until voters head to the polls . in other head to the polls. in other news, julian assange has walked free from a us court after pleading guilty, ending a years long legal battle. the 52 year old wikileaks founder arrived on a remote island in the pacific yesterday , where his long yesterday, where his long running campaign to avoid extradition formally ended. australia's prime minister, prime minister anthony albanese, says he's pleased he's on his way to reunite with his family at home. assange left the uk yesterday morning after more than 1900 days at belmarsh prison. he's due t

to an ongoing police investigation , ongoing police investigation, and the scotland secretary, alister jacksists he and the scotland secretary, alisterjack, insists he hasn't broken any rules after he admitted to placing three bets on the date of the election. the cabinet minister says he had no inside knowledge of when the election would take place in spite of bragging earlier that he'd made more than £2,000 from the bet, which he later dismissed as a joke. sir keir starmer says the tories have taken too long to deal with the scandal . scandal. >> i made very clear that if any of my candidates was being investigated in relation to the gambling commission, i'd remove them straight away , which is them straight away, which is what i've done. that's in a sharp contrast to rishi sunak, who took days and days and days before he took action as a wider story here about the choice that the general election next week between carrying on with what we've had for the last 14 years or so, the inaction by rishi sunakis or so, the inaction by rishi sunak is just absolutely in keeping with the way that th

insists he play now, scotland secretary alisterjack insists he hasn't alister jack insists he hasn'troken any rules after he admitted to placing three bets on the date of the uk election. >> the cabinet minister said he had no inside knowledge of when the election would take place, despite previously revealing he had made more than £2,000 from the bet. he later dismissed that claim as a joke. mrjack becomes the seventh person to become embroiled in the scandal with just a week to go before voters head to the polls , the labour head to the polls, the labour leader, sir keir starmer, says the conservatives have taken too long to deal with the scandal. >> i made very clear that if any of my candidates was being investigated in relation to the gambling commission, i would remove them straight away, which is what i've done. that's in a sharp contrast to rishi sunak, who took days and days and days before he took action as a wider story here about the choice that the general election next week between carrying on with what we've had for the last 14 years or so, the inaction by rishi sunaki

scotland secretary alister jack insists he hasn't broken any rules after he hasn't broken any rules aftere admitted to placing three bets on the date of the general election. the cabinet minister says he had no inside knowledge of when the election would take place , despite previously place, despite previously revealing that he'd made more than £2,000 from the bet. he later dismissed that claim as a joke. mrjack becomes later dismissed that claim as a joke. mr jack becomes the seventh person to become embroiled in the scandal with just a week until voters head to the polls, labour leader sir keir starmer says the tories have taken too long to deal with the scandal. >> i made very clear that if any of my candidates was being investigated in relation to the gambling commission, i'd remove them straight away, which is what i've done. that's in a sharp contrast to rishi sunak, who took days and days and days before he took action. as a wider story here about the choice that the general election next week between carrying on with what we've had for the last 14 years or so, the inaction by ris

telegraph leads however, with another story about election betting— this time scottish minister alister jackelection betting controversy isn't going away. the guardian reports on a fifth conservative politician facing investigation by the gambling watchdog for allegedly placing suspicious bets on the election date. the mail splashes on its interview with sir keir starmer. the paper quotes the labour leader as insisting he has been "ruthlessly changing" the labour party since the 2019 corbyn days— and pledging to lower the voting age to 16. the mail also references england's draw with slovenia in the euros— describing gareth southgate's team as the "lacklustre lions". it's a theme echoed by the i on its back page which says england has won the group— but what it describes as the "latest failure", will increase pressure on manager southgate. you are up—to—date with the papers. as we saw many of the papers leading on the founder of wikileaks, julian assange, has arrived at a court in the northern mariana islands, a remote us territory in the pacific, where he's expected to enter a plea deal tha

alister jack would lose to the snp.s quite a shocker. but in terms of the campaign itself, sir keir starmer was in scotland sharing labour's plans to create a publicly owned energy company, great british energy , with the promise it energy, with the promise it would bring a huge number of jobs to the area. >> and then rishi sunak visited the north west of england, continuing his campaign trail , continuing his campaign trail, he hit out at labour's handling of the diane abbott concern , of the diane abbott concern, suggesting that angela rayner is the one really in charge . the one really in charge. >> lib dems and sir ed davey pledged to extend free school meals to all primary school children, starting with those in poverty, and he challenged labour to match that policy. the snp were in glasgow calling on the government to commit to an emergency budget. immediately following the election. john swinney admitting that his party faces an uphill struggle . this faces an uphill struggle. this is what they had to say on day

alister jack would lose to the snp and simon hart, who played kumri.to say about this polling only poll that matters is the one on july 4th, the general election. >> and what i'm doing is going across our country to every corner of it, talking to as many people as possible about the choice at this election. and that choice is increasingly clear. we're just over a week into this, and what is clear is that we're the only ones who have a plan that is working when it comes to the economy . we're it comes to the economy. we're the only ones putting bold ideas on the table like a modern form of national service. the triple lock plus for pensioners , lock plus for pensioners, 100,000 new apprenticeships because that's how we'll deliver a secure future to everyone in our country . our country. >> ou joining me, i wouldn't want to be him today. i must admit he's putting a brave face on it. joining me now is former labour mp stephen pound and broadcaster and journalist claire muldoon. thank you very much for joining claire muldoon. thank you very much forjoining

well, today the scotland secretary, alister jack, insisted he hadn't broken any rules after he admitted to placing three bets on the date of the election . the cabinet of the election. the cabinet minister said he had no inside knowledge of when the election would take place, despite previously bragging he'd made more than £2,000 on the bet. later, he dismissed that as a joke. mrjack becomes later, he dismissed that as a joke. mr jack becomes the seventh person to become embroiled in the scandal with just a week until voters head to the polls . the labour leader, the polls. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, says the tories have taken too long to deal with the scandal. >> i made very clear that if any of my candidates were being investigated in relation to the gambling commission, i would remove them straight away, which is what i've done. that's in a sharp contrast to rishi sunak, who took days and days and days before he took action as a wider story here about the choice that the general election next week between carrying on with what we've had for the last 14 years or so, the inac

alister jack's bet was in march and what appears to have happened did it as an open secret at westminster sought for a long time should be a summer election and what he appeared to be doing was, this is my view about what should happen, i will place a bit, no inside knowledge.— happen, i will place a bit, no inside knowledge. there is a lot to absorb. it inside knowledge. there is a lot to absorb- it is _ inside knowledge. there is a lot to absorb. it is probing _ inside knowledge. there is a lot to absorb. it is probing an _ inside knowledge. there is a lot to absorb. it is probing an issue - inside knowledge. there is a lot to absorb. it is probing an issue that| absorb. it is probing an issue that will come up tomorrow evening in the last debate of the election campaign, with rishi sunak and keir starmer going head—to—head in nottingham. they'll be answering your questions and making their arguments for why they should be the next uk prime minster. the prime ministerial debate from nottingham. tomorrow evening from 8.15, on bbc one and iplayer. let's talk now to former metropolitan pol

questions, as you say, about alister jack, the scottish secretary.nt at the general election and he has disclosed that he did place a successful bet on the general election taking place injuly. he says he placed that bet back in april. that was a month before the general election was called. he says he had absolutely no knowledge until the day rishi sunak walked out into the day rishi sunak walked out into the rain in downing street, that the election would be injuly. as evidence he points to the fact that the month before he lost two bets because he incorrectly guessed when the general election would be. alisterjack says he is not under investigation the gambling commission. but the risk for the conservatives and for politicians generally is that the perception is now that people in westminster are inveterate we gambling on what is happening at westminster, and whatever the legal position of that, people mightjust begin to think that that is a little bit odd, and i think those are questions that are going to be posed to party leaders, whether they s

. >> so what about alister jack, the scottish secretary, who apparently joked to the bbc he'd put a bett and then said, well, actually, he put on several bets, but they weren't. the bets weren't placed during the time in may when he, you know, he was not privileged. he had no privilege information. >> yeah. i think is that acceptable? the key thing is to distinguish between inside information. yeah. and when you look at the actual bets placed on the date, they, they shot up the day before he announced the date. yeah. so clearly something was going on and that's wrong. and illegal. but if you're making an educated guess as to when the election might be three months out or four months out, i didn't really see the problem with that. >> i quite like philip davis's response. sorry, because philip davis said it's got nothing to do with anybody. if i put a bet on privately and i'm with him on that, i think he's absolutely right and he's put the bet on that he will lose his seat. >> yeah, i mean, i think if you were involved as a so when i bet on the labour leadership, i had no dog in the fight