How have the Tories been 'the party of change'?
How have they been hard on gambling?
Yes, Labour were wrong on the gambling act. But:
"Betfair took the "commercial decision" to switch its betting exchange from operating under a UK licence to a Gibraltarian one. On 11 May last year, the firm made a £6,000 cash donation to the Thirsk, Malton and Filey constituency of the Conservative MP Anne McIntosh"
Ms McIntosh is now in charge of presenting the separate Offshore Gambling Bill!
Philip Davies received more than £10,000 in benefits from companies with links to the gambling industry. In March 2011 the Conservative MP was taken to the Cheltenham festival – a trip worth £870 – as a guest of Ladbrokes.
At the last election Labour had promised to give local councils the power to restrict the number of FOBTs in their area and perhaps even ban gaming machines entirely.