TORIES NOW SHORTEST ODDS SINCE CAMPAIGN BEGAN

The End of Gordon Brown?

WILLIAM HILL have cut the Conservatives from 1/6 to 1/7 to win the most seats at the General Election – the shortest odds they have been since the Election was called. Gordon Brown has sought to put the leaders’ debates behind him, saying he will fight until the “very last second” to secure a Labour victory. The markets say he has no chance.



Giving advice to athletes at Loughborough University later, Mr Brown said:

“You have got to have the inner reservoir of resilience to fight back whenever anything happens to you. You have got to try harder, work longer, and dig deeper. That is what I have got to do over the next few days, anyway.”

He may be saying the right things but the bookies are seeing money against Brown. David Cameron won the third leaders debate and now punters are backing him and the Conservative party.

‘In the last couple of days the Tories have begun to draw clear of their opponents in betting terms, and Cameron’s win in the last tv debate accelerated their momentum’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe.

Hills have also cut their odds for David Cameron to be Prime Minister on June 1 have shortened from 8/13 to 8/15. Hills make Labour 5/1 and the Lib Dems 12/1 to win the most seats.
A Hung Parliament is an 8/11 chance with William Hill.

Here are the market odds for the most seats on the General Election….

Hills: Who will be Prime Minister on 1st June
David Cameron 8/15
Gordon Brown 9/4
Nick Clegg 6/1

A FLURRY of bets for Alistair Darling to succeed Gordon Brown as Labour leader suggests that contenders are already jostling for position as Labour’s plight in the poll worsens, say bookmakers William Hill who have slashed the Chancellor’s odds from 20/1 to 10/1 to become the next Labour leader.

‘A gamble on Darling developed late on Friday afternoon when we took over a dozen bets on Darling in quick succession’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe, ‘It may be speculative money, it may be an inspired gamble, but it took us by surprise – most of the money came from London-based punters we associate with shrewd political wagers, so we wasted no time in shortening the odds, which seemed to stem the flow of bets’

With Hills now offering 1/3 that Brown will be the first of the three major leaders to stand down, they make David Miliband 7/4 favourite to be the next Labour leader, followed by brother Ed at 6/1 along with Alan Johnson, ahead of Peter Mandelson at 15/2 and Harriet Harman at 9/1.

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