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Politician facing election gambling charge quits bid for Senedd re-election
Daily Post
|April 24, 2025
A POLITICIAN who is among 15 people charged after bets were placed on the timing of the 2024 general election is to quit at the next Senedd election, it has been revealed.
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Russell George, the Conservative Senedd member for Montgomeryshire, said he was withdrawing his candidacy to stand in next year’s election and focusing on clearing his name.
The MS was one of a number of people linked to the Conservative Party reported to have made bets on the election date, which was called by then-prime minister Rishi Sunak.
“I was shocked and surprised to have been informed by the Gambling Commission that I am facing charges for cheating,” Mr George said in a statement.
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