British minister compares betting scandal to Partygate

LONDON — A senior UK minister compared the latest scandal involving Tory candidates accused of betting on the election date to Partygate, a series of pandemic-era parties that brought down former prime minister Boris Johnson.

"It looks like one rule for them and one rule for us ... That's the most potentially damaging thing," Housing Minister Michael Gove said in an interview with the Times newspaper on Saturday.

"That was damaging at the time of Partygate and is damaging here."