A former Conservative MP caught up in a sting by The Times in a gambling lobby scandal has had a complaint to the press regulator about the newspaper rejected.
The MP said there was no public interest in the story because it did not expose wrongdoing, and he also complained that the journalists had asked leading questions. The Times accepted that subterfuge was used for the investigation, but said if an MP was not acting with “selflessness, integrity, accountability and openness”, the public had a right to know.It also said that the journalists’ line of questioning was “reasonable and in line with the public interest served”.
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