The odds that England will win the Euros? 4/1. The odds that Donald Trump will be the next US president? 4/5. The odds that Rishi Sunak would call a July election? 5/1. If you had put £100 on the last bet, you would have won £500.

A close political aide to the prime minister, made this bet three days before Sunak announced the election date. He is one of five Conservative politicians being investigated for betting on the election.

Trust in politics is at a record low. One recent poll states that four out of five people in the UK are dissatisfied, blaming the Partygate scandal during lockdown and long NHS waiting lists.

If a political party has ruled for a long time, this can often lead to corruption.

But maybe politicians are not to blame, as the public's trust in all institutions - government, law, academia and media - has been declining for years.

Betting on the election date is only a crime if you have inside knowledge. But, even if these politicians have done nothing wrong, it suggests that MPs think their job is just a game. The public cannot trust them if they refuse to take their own work seriously.

Can democracy recover?

Yes! Every political party has scandals towards the end of its reign.

No! Gamblegate is the latest in a long list of Conservative scandals. No wonder that public trust in politics has reached a record low.