Betting the UK general election, part two: How dead is Labour?

With the help of bookmakers, we determined yesterday at Live Bets Direct that Gordon Brown (together with sidekick Tony Lloyd) has utterly buggered the Labour Party’s chances in the next UK general election. But just how badly has he screwed the pooch? An analysis of numbers and odds forecasting the number of seats each of the big three parties might occupy in the next formation of the UK parliament.

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Betting the UK general election, part one: Vultures circling Gordon Brown

Gordon Brown getting reelected Prime Minister? According to bookmaker websites, we’re more likely to see Hugh Jackman play James Bond.

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UK general election: Brown going down

While it may be tempting to consider backing the Labour Party as a 7/2 longshot – after all, it might not take a whole lot of Conservative skullduggery to produce a majority Labour/Liberal Democrat coalition in Parliament – the Conservative lead is pretty massive at present.

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