Paddypower.com now has Boris Johnson at 14/1 to be the next Prime Minister of Great Britain. This is not a joke but deadly serious. Boris is currently on shorter odds than William Hauge (16/1) and George Osbourne (25/1), and therefore currently the most likely Conservative Prime Minister in waiting. Those wanting to make a political bet should take note of this rising star; David Cameron certainly has and he looks worried.
Why is Boris Johnson so clearly headed for the top job? Well the simple reason is he is a winner. Those Tory MP's currently underwater and at risk of losing their seat at the next election are very worried. They are starting to wonder if a new leader might be a good idea after all. David Cameron has so far not delivered the goods he was elected for. With the premiership half gone it would take a lot to reverse the Tory decline.
There is of course the small issue that Boris (although a popular leader) is not even an MP. And what's more already has a job as London's mayor. To become Prime Minister Boris would have to become an MP (while still mayor) and then run for Conservative party leader and win (and then maybe win a General Election also). A clever political bet would be to take the 14/1 now and wait for the odds to shorten massively when Boris becomes an MP (surely the odds would drop to about 3/1) and then trade out of the bet.
Politicalbetting.com an authority on politics bets in the UK has so far barely mentioned Boris as a real candidate for PM. @MSmithsonPB is not playing up Boris' chances of becoming MP and instead is pointing out that Ed Milliband (currently the shorts odds for PM at 11/8) is not the peoples choice for leader (only 31% want him to be PM) and most prefer Cameron in a two hoarse race. So the public don't want Ed and if the polls are to believed prefer Labour over the Tories (now 15 points behind) then what do they want?
Yvette Cooper is currently at 8/1 to be the next Prime Minister. Compared to Boris she should find it much easier to become PM given that she is already an MP and in the shadow cabinet. Still Boris' odds do look very short (14/1) compared to Yvette Coopers, given the amount of work Boris would have to do to even become leader of the Conservative party.
The smart money is on Boris. He wants to be Prime Minister and everyone knows it. #BorisforPM
Why is Boris Johnson so clearly headed for the top job? Well the simple reason is he is a winner. Those Tory MP's currently underwater and at risk of losing their seat at the next election are very worried. Make a smart political bet and see Boris Johnson take the stage.
http://www.borisjohnsonforprimeminister.ozvuk.com/
#BorisforPM
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