Opinion: When flawed criticism clouds the UK gambling debate

Reading Peter Bedford’s latest attack on the UK Gambling Commission, our Senior Journalist Viktor Kayed examines if the Mid Leicestershire MP’s pro-gambling arguments risk undermining the wider debate on gambling reform. Rather than addressing why a 29-year-old like me might have to wait until 80 to retire, Bedford has chosen to throw his hat into the gambling reform debate . But on closer inspection, I began to question whether the hat fits. It certainly has a few holes that need stitching up.