kenned , perhaps even mystical event. duncan kennedy. thank perhaps even mystical event. duncan kennedy, thank you. time for a look at the weather, here s louise lear. this programme continues on bbc one. hard questions for rishi sunak tonight on the election day bet allegations. how is he handling them and how much is he damaged? good evening, welcome to newsnight, every weeknight, home of lively interviews and electric insight. joining us throughout: david yelland, the former editor of the sun, jo tanner, who wrangled borisjohnson s comms, and top pollster luke tryl. in our sights tonight, the bbc question time show which has just ended on bbc one, in which rishi sunak has had to defend two candidates and a close aide as the gambling commission look into allegations about betting on the date of the general election. inexplicably, someone at tory hq thought it was a good idea to put a spinning roulette wheel in a tory election video. before we dig into that, here s a fla
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