Has UK politics hit a new low? Tory candidates placing bets on the date of the election using insider information, a Labour candidate betting that he would lose his seat and the police VIP protection team getting in on the insider information betting.
The outrageously racist comments of the right wing Reform party candidates just add to the despair at the calibre of candidates putting themselves forward for public office.
With the prospect of Donald Trump winning another presidential election, and the far right sweeping across Europe, the global situation makes you wonder why turkeys are voting for Christmas.