Brexiteer Steve Baker will reportedly launch Tory leadership bid if he holds seat, although he faces uphill battle
UKPrime Minister Rishi Sunak talking to staff during his visit to Denby Pottery Factory, Ripley, while on the General Election campaign trail. Picture date: Thursday June 27, 2024. PA Photo. See PA story POLITICS Election.
The commission launched an investigation into UK election gambling that has since grown to include bets placed by six senior Tories, at least seven London Metropolitan police officers, including one of the prime minister’s bodyguards, and at least one Labour candidate.
The prime minister’s handling of the gambling affair has been questioned by some of his own MPs including Steve Baker, a secretary of state in the Northern Ireland Office, who is fighting to defend his seat in Wycombe, where polls suggest Labour is well on course to depose him. “It’s a fact my colleagues sent for me four times to provide leadership through crisis to success – before and after the referendum, in Covid and in relation to the cost of net zero. I’m widely expected to lose my seat. We will see,” Mr Baker told the website.
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