'I think lots of people would have placed bets on that sort of thing,' the Liberal Democrat leader told ITV News.
In Chelmsford on Wednesday - after a photo call which involved him practicing CPR on a plastic dummy to a Bee Gees soundtrack - he confirmed he has not bet on thisBut he admitted to having "occasionally had a flutter on football and on politics in the past," describing himself as a "serial loser".
I asked him whether 2010 was the only time he had placed an election bet, and he said there were "probably one or two" other occasions, including the North Shropshire by-election in 2021, when he placed a winning bet on the Lib Dems to take the seat.Sir Ed claims he can’t remember how much he won. He added he did not think anyone should place a bet on themselves in an election, and that he thought "having a flutter" was very different from placing a bet knowing the outcome.He said he "can’t be completely confident" that any Lib Dem candidates have not placed a bet on themselves in this election.
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