Olympic rowing golden medal-winner James Cracknell has branded the Conservatives a 'shower of s**t', conscionable days earlier helium volition effort to go 1 of the party's MPs.
The erstwhile sportsman, 52, lashed retired successful a play run video amid the increasing furore implicit bets allegedly placed by elder Tory candidates and officials connected the day of the election.
In a video posted to Facebook and Instagram helium angrily said that if helium caught a teammate cheating 'they would beryllium dormant to me', branding specified an maltreatment of spot arsenic 'unforgivable'.
The faltering Conservative run has been plunged into a deeper situation by the gambling controversy, implicit which 4 Tory officials and candidates are being investigated.
The party's main information serviceman Nick Mason is the latest fig understood to beryllium taking a permission of absence, amid claims helium placed bets connected the predetermination date, on with manager of campaigning Tony Lee.
Mr Lee's would-be MP woman Laura Saunders and chap campaigner Craig Williams, who was a parliamentary adjutant to the Prime Minister, are besides nether probe by the Gambling Commission.
Harkening backmost to his erstwhile vocation Mr Cracknell, who took golden successful the coxless fours successful Sydney successful 2000 and Athens successful 2004, said: 'Two weeks retired from the Olympics, if we are competing against the Conservative Party my teammates and I would beryllium saying they are a ablution of s**t.'
The erstwhile sportsman, 52, lashed retired successful a play run video amid the increasing furore implicit bets allegedly placed by elder Tory candidates and officials connected the day of the election.
He besides tore into the enactment successful reply to messages near connected the video that helium posted connected Saturday, saying: 'Who knows who volition beryllium starring the enactment travel July 5.'
Harkening backmost to his erstwhile vocation Mr Cracknell, who took golden successful the coxless fours successful Sydney successful 2000 (pictured, centre right) and Athens successful 2004, said: 'Two weeks retired from the Olympics, if we are competing against the Conservative Party my teammates and I would beryllium saying they are a ablution of s**t.'
He besides tore into the enactment successful reply to messages near connected the video, first reported by the Guardian, that helium posted connected Saturday, saying: 'Who knows who volition beryllium starring the enactment travel July 5.'
He added that those nether probe should beryllium suspended, adding: 'I person Conservative values astatine bosom but volition not support mediocre behaviour, deficiency of integrity oregon incorrect decisions.'
PM Rishi Sunak has said helium is 'not aware' of immoderate different Tory candidates facing probe by the Gambling Commission implicit allegations of betting connected the General Election.
The Prime Minister said the Conservatives had been carrying retired an 'internal' probe and 'will act' if it finds immoderate wrongdoing implicit the ungraded that has engulfed the enactment successful caller days.
He added that those nether probe should beryllium suspended, adding: 'I person Conservative values astatine bosom but volition not support mediocre behaviour, deficiency of integrity oregon incorrect decisions.'
With the Tories inactive down successful the polls and aft a bruising fewer days dominated by the controversy, Mr Sunak is facing pressure, including from the enactment ranks, to instrumentality a tougher stance against those involved.
'(The Gambling Commission) don't speech astir the individuals that they are investigating,' the Prime Minister told journalists connected the run way successful Edinburgh connected Monday.
'What I tin archer you is I americium not alert of immoderate different campaigner that they are looking at.'
He added: 'What I tin archer you is, successful parallel we've been conducting our ain interior inquiries and of people volition enactment connected immoderate applicable findings oregon accusation from that and walk it connected to the Gambling Commission.'
Mr Sunak ruled retired himself and household members of being the taxable of probe and said helium had ne'er placed a stake connected authorities portion serving arsenic an MP.
Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris rejected calls, including from wrong Tory ranks, for those facing a probe to person the enactment whip withdrawn portion it is ongoing.
'I deliberation what you're trying to suggest is that idiosyncratic is blameworthy until they're proven guiltless and that is not however this works,' helium told BBC Radio 4's Today programme, erstwhile asked wherefore tougher enactment had not been taken.
Tobias Ellwood connected Monday joined a increasing chorus of elder Tory voices calling for the Prime Minister to instrumentality action.
The Conservative campaigner for Bournemouth East said the ungraded was a 'deeply unhelpful, self-inflicted distraction' and suggested Mr Sunak should person suspended those being investigated.
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