ALTHOUGH his odds drifted out to 6/4 second favourite at one point, Boris Johnson has now been backed in to 8/11 favouritism (58%) with William Hill to be the next Tory leader, with Theresa May out to 7/4 (36%) second favourite.
'22.6% of all the bets we have taken for Tory leader are for Theresa May, who has attracted 21.2% of all the money staked, while 18.4% of all bets are for Boris – but they account for 50.2% of the money staked' said Hill's spokesman Graham Sharpe. 'Our turnover on the outcome of the leadership race is already approaching six figures.'We have seen a string of four figure bets for Boris,the largest for £2000, while the support for Theresa has slowed significantly and the biggest bet for her today was £454'
ANGELA EAGLE is 11/8 (42%) favourite to succeed Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader with Hills who make Tom Watson 9/4 (30%) second favourite.
WILLIAM HILL: NEXT TORY LEADER: 8/11 Johnson; 7/4 May; 6/1 Crabb; 12/1 Leadsom; 25/1 Fox; 25/1 Hunt; 50/1 Morgan. Others on request.
TO SUCCEED JEREMY CORBYN....11/8 Eagle; 9/4 Watson; 8/1 Benn; 10/1 Jarvis; 12/1 D Miliband; 14/1 Nnady; 16/1 Umunna. Others on request.
WHEN WILL NEXT GENERAL ELECTION TAKE PLACE? Evens 2016; 4/1 2017; 20/1 2018; 18/1 2019; 6/5 2020 OR LATER
WHEN WILL UK OFFICIALLY LEAVE EU?......Evens 2018 or earlier; 15/8 2019; 3/1 2020 or later
Further information.......Graham Sharpe....0780 3233702
