The decision of General Elections on scandals instead of policies is bad enough. But in any case, what the hell sort of scandal do you call this? Of sorts, though, there is one here. Kevin Craig, who did not intend to give any winnings to local charities, did not give the Labour Party £100,000 to be nominated to contest an unwinnable seat. That does make his bet against himself a bit odd. But even so.
Keir Starmer sold a winnable seat to Craig, who would presumably have been given a safe one if he had paid more money. There must be people who have done exactly that. Are there still any journalists out there? If so, then they have every reason to despise Starmer. If you need to look up Operation Elveden, then do. And never say that Julian Assange is not a proper journalist. He, too, has been persecuted by Starmer, and a journalist does not come any more real than that.
Betting against yourself can't throw an election so what's the problem? You're right though about buying the nomination.
ReplyDeleteThat is the real scandal here.
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