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08 September
2006
Tony Blair 7/4 To Be Out By New
Year's Day
William
Hill make Tony
Blair odds-on to cease to be Prime Minister in 2007, quoting
odds of 2/5 for that to happen - but William Hill say that
their customers are betting that Tony Blair will leave
office on or before December 31, 2006 - and have slashed the
odds about that happening from 5/1 to just 7/4.
William Hill are offering
20/1 that Mr Blair will defy all of his critics and not be
out of office until 2008 or later.
"The pundits seem to
believe that Mr Blair will go in 2007 but some very shrewd
political punters are backing him not to make it to New
Year's Day as Prime Minister" said William Hill spokesman
Graham Sharpe.
Gordon Brown is hot
favourite at 1/5 to succeed Tony Blair as Prime Minister
with William Hill who have promoted former postman Alan
Johnson to 6/1 second favourite from 8/1, with John Reid now
8/1 third favourite.
William Hill also offer
12/1 David Miliband; 25/1 Alan Milburn; Jack Straw; 33/1
Hillary Benn; 50/1 Margaret Beckett; Des Browne; Peter Hain;
John Prescott; 66/1 Charles Clarke; 100/1 Hazel Blears;
Tessa Jowell; Geoff Hoon.
"Mr Brown has been
favourite since this book was opened ten or more years ago,
yet in that time his odds have doubled from 1/10 to 1/5 and
people are still reluctant to back him like the certainty
the political pundits believe him to be" said William Hill's
spokesman Graham Sharpe.
"Perhaps they remember
that when the last long-serving leader, Margaret Thatcher,
was ousted , she was replaced by a 33/1 outsider in John
Major."
The Conservatives have
benefited from the Labour row and are now 4/7 favourites to
win the next General Election with William Hill - the
shortest odds they have been since losing power.
William Hill make Labour
5/4 shots - the longest odds they have been since coming to
power, with the Lib Dems 80/1 outsiders. Hills have cut the
odds about a hung parliament from 9/4 to 7/4.
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