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hello I'm Sophie rayworth welcome to
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your election headlines with one story
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dominating the BBC has learned that the
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conservatives director of campaigning is
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being looked into over allegations about
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betting on the date of the general
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election Tony Lee is married to a Tor
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candidate Laura Saunders who is also the
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subject of inquiries by the gambling
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commission here's the political reaction
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it's quite properly uh being
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investigated now uh how does it look
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well as I say uh you and others looking
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at this will I I'm sure be doing much
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more than just raising an eyebrow if it
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was one of my candidates they'd be gone
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and their feet would not have touched
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the floor there's a wider Point here
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that you touch on which is we've now had
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14 years of chaos of division of
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politics being about self- entitlement
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and politics needs to be about service
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about public
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service we think there should be a
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cabinet office uh inquiry I think the
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gambling commission will rightly look at
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this um and I hope they come down heavy
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on those
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people time now for two Manifesto
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launches first the Scottish greens
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they're pledging to introduce a wealth
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tax on the richest people in the UK an
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end to oil and gas companies being able
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to advertise and a stop on all subsidies
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for fossil fuels the Cross Community
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Alliance party launched its Manifesto in
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Belfast it's contesting all 18 seats in
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Northern Ireland Alliance is pushing for
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reform of the Devol government including
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changing how the assembly votes on
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contentious issues and if you want to
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see how the parties are fairing in the
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polls we have a dedicated poll tracker
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on our website head to
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bbc.co.uk trer for all you need to know
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those are your election headlines for
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Thursday June the 20th
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