Ladbrokes report “surge of money on UKIP” in Newark and no CON bets

by Irn Bru Thu Jun 05, 2014 8:55 am

Local punters are queueing up to back UKIP at 6/1 to surprise the pollsters to win Thursday’s Newark by-election, according to Ladbrokes.

The bookies reported that they had failed to take a single bet on the Tories in the town’s betting shops on Tuesday.

Despite that, the Tories remain odds-on favourites to retain the seat in what has become a clear two-horse race.

There was also a lot of local interest in the 25/1 quoted for The Bus Pass Elvis Party to finish ahead of the Liberal Democrats. One Labour MP, who must remain nameless, popped into the Market Square bookies to have £10 on what would be a humiliating outcome for Nick Clegg.

Shadsy, head of politics at Ladbrokes, was in Newark on Tuesday and reported: ” Based on the number of punters in our local shops and activists around town, UKIP would be heading for a landslide on Thursday. However, we are sticking with the polls which predict a reasonably comfortable Tory win.”

He’s right. It’s hard to argue with the Ashcroft poll even though his CON leader was inflated by 4% by the allocation of don’t knows to party voted for at GE10.

http://www1.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2014/06/03/ladbrokes-report-surge-of-money-on-ukip-in-newark-and-no-con-bets/

Looks like the Ladbrokes will be quids in then.

by gerber Thu Jun 05, 2014 9:52 am

" Sir Andrew Green, of the pressure group Migrationwatch, said the new figures highlight the “heavy burden” immigration has on the British taxpayer.

Other areas which defied the national trend with more new arrivals included Dover, Thanet, Swale and Tonbridge and Malling, in Kent; Harlow in Essex; Arun in West Sussex; Waverley in Surrey; Sedgemoor and Taunton Deane in Somerset; Newark and Sherwood in Nottinghamshire; South Staffordshire; Warrington; Bradford and the London boroughs of Enfield, Havering and Redbridge.

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/180755/Rural-towns-see-huge-influx-of-immigrants

maybe just maybe UKIP might actually pull it off. Voters will have seen how a vote for UKIP can count and get results.

If enough are brave more bloody noses will follow.

Ladbrokes report “surge of money on UKIP” in Newark and no CON bets

Ladbrokes report “surge of money on UKIP” in Newark and no CON bets

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