Funny bets available on the election

[Ray Stafford]

I was looking at oddschecker earlier, and saw the following:

Overall Tory majority 17-2
Overall labour majority 40-1

Realistically no-one else is going to get close to a majority in the whole of the UK.

So the punters are overwhelmingly backing a hung parliament.

Yet hung parliaments are really quite rare - the last one before 2010 was back in 1974 I think.

I also suspect that lots of people who tell pollsters that they are going to vote for a smaller party will have second thoughts in the voting booth and return to one of the larger parties.

So - and without getting into political policies - what bets do you like on the election? I'm quite fancying betting against the hung parliament at those odds. Don't get me wrong, I still think a hung parliament in quite likely, just not so likely as those odds suggest!

 

[gasmanrob]

Nicola sturgeon to come over the wall on horse back waving Alex salmond around like a mace screaming FREEEEDOOOOOMMM! I'll take that at 33/1

An snp party where all members are named after types of fish, 3/2

Ed milliband to own a dog named gromit 12/1

Natalie bennett being capable to lead a conga line let alone a government 4,567787,4435599,4567/1

Discovering that Nigel farages mouth was actually the idea behind the grinning Cheshire cat in Alice and wonderland 7/2

David Cameron going to prison for raising taxes before 2020 2/1

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

a muppet being in charge of the country 100/1

 

[tomplumb83]

'Ed milliband to own a dog named gromit'

hehe

 

[Ray Stafford]

a muppet being in charge of the country 100/1

Racing certainty!

 

[gasmanrob]

a muppet being in charge of the country 100/1

I can tell your not a gambler or bookmaker

 

[rpm]

a muppet being in charge of the country 100/1

Nothing new there then. You sure that`s not evens?

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

Nothing new there then. You sure that`s not evens?

could be,dont care,to tired to think

 

[WaterTight]

Salmond and Sturgeon. Scotland ruled by illuminati of shape-shifting fish.

By the way this will be a political debate within a very short time. You've doomed us all.

 

[village idiot]

Nigel Farrage to cause harvoc at Westminister evens odds. Welcome to the rollercoaster ride


BTW, please remind me when this post gets to page 40

 

[IDCHAPPY]

Ukip getting 0 seats 2/1

 

[village idiot]

Ukip getting 0 seats 2/1

UKIP to get at least 2 seats 1/1

 

[Rickster123]

Newspapers declaring a national disaster no matter who wins.. Dead cert.

 

[Ray Stafford]

Just looked again today, and a Labour majority has gone out to 89-1!

I understand the problems they have in scotland, and certainly I think they are quite unlikely to win a majority, but even so, surely its not 89-1 unlikely? A three legged donkey in the national gets shorter odds than that.

I think I might just have to put £20 on at that price.

 

[bert large]

Just looked again today, and a Labour majority has gone out to 89-1!

I understand the problems they have in scotland, and certainly I think they are quite unlikely to win a majority, but even so, surely its not 89-1 unlikely? A three legged donkey in the national gets shorter odds than that.

I think I might just have to put £20 on at that price.

What about a three legged donkey candidate standing for parliament in a safe Labour seat...Nailed on ???