InVinceCable We Trust

Great post by politics.co.uk earlier today.

According to a post by Sandamali Zbyszewski, Ladbrokes have cut the odds on our man Vince Cable becoming chancellor from 16/1 to 10/1. Lib Dem spokesman, Nick Weinberger told politics.co.uk: “This is quite surprising but we think it’s because the media are talking up the likelihood of a hung parliament.”

Maybe but less than two weeks ago our campaign caused William Hill to suspend all bets on Vince Cable for Chancellor following the success of #invincecable’s #crowdflutter.

Let’s have have a quick look at the odds on offer elsewhere today:

- William Hill are offering 7/1 for Vince Cable to deliver the first budget of the next government (Darling 8/1, Osborne 2/5)

- Paddy Power are offering 4/1 for Chancellor of the Exchequer being the most senior job held by a Lib Dem in a hung parliament. While Vince Cable as Chancellor outright is at 8/1 (Darling 7/2, Osborne 4/11)

- Betfair on the other hand have Vince Cable at 9/1 with Osborne at 3/1… but no sign of Darling on the betting sheet at the moment.

It seems that in the bookies’ eyes Vince Cable has leapfrogged Darling as Britain’s next Chancellor. Just Osborne to go!

Night all

Chris