Tag: Iain Duncan Smith

  • Latest Boris Johnson Exit Odds: Is Boris on the Brink?

    Latest Boris Johnson Exit Odds: Is Boris on the Brink?

    This article first appeared at betting.betfair.com on 23rd November 2021 Boris Johnson’s bad month goes from worse to terrible and Betfair markets are responding. The Prime Minister is now around evens to no longer be Conservative leader by 2024 and the odds about a 2022 exit are down to [3.45] – equivalent to a 29%…

  • Is Boris Johnson’s Premiership On Borrowed Time?

    Is Boris Johnson’s Premiership On Borrowed Time?

    “More significant are the criticisms personal to Johnson, emanating from friends, rather than enemies.”

  • Six famous leadership contest upsets

    Six famous leadership contest upsets

    This piece first appeared at betting.betfair.com on 1st April 2020 For weeks, the markets for Next Labour Leader and Next Deputy Labour Leader have been stagnant. It is assumed that Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner will win, as respective odds of [1.02] and [1.01] illustrate. I’ve no reason to expect an upset but were the…